Reagan came to the presidency in 1981 with a straightforward and well-articulated domestic agenda. He promised to cut taxes, curb government spending, and balance the federal budget or at least reduce the deficit. His well-crafted Inaugural Address identified the major themes the new President hoped would define his administration.
After noting the severity of the nation's economic crisis, Reagan declared that "government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." He took pains to reassure Americans that he did not want to "do away with government." Rather, he sought "to make it work—work with us, not over us; to stand by our side, not ride on our back." Reagan also promised to restore public confidence. Solving the nation's problems required "our best effort, and our willingness to believe in ourselves and to believe in our capacity to perform great deeds . . . And, after all, why shouldn't we believe that? We are Americans."As a conservative, Reagan was committed to reducing the size and mission of government. But as a practical politician, he recognized the importance of reaching out to the Democrats, who controlled the House by a wide margin. His task was made easier because President Carter had been alienated from the Washington establishment. In the interval between the election and his assumption of office, Reagan met with House Speaker Thomas P. (Tip) O'Neill and important Washington figures such as Katharine Graham, publisher of The Washington Post. (Mrs. Graham and First Lady Nancy Reagan soon became friends.) By the time he took the oath of office, Reagan had laid the basis for a successful start to his presidency.
Organizing the Reagan Administration
Having their people work in factories to build up their military and/or put more money out
<span /><span>Eugene Victor Debs
promoted the labor movement in the United States, intervened in the
creation of the American Railway Union (ARU), and Industrial Workers of
the World. He has been the socialist with the most votes in
the history of the United States presidential elections achieving 6% of
the total votes.
The Pullman Strike was a railroad
strike across the United States in 1894, this was facing the American
Railway Union against the Pullman Company. Eugene V. Debs led this strike and won many supporters among the workers of the Pullman Company factories. With the boycott, they planned to force Pullman to respond to their demands. However,
the arrival of the federal forces, ARU's efforts to close the national
transportation system failed, when 12,000 United States Army troops
intervened. <span>In 1894, President Grover Cleveland and Congress, declared Labor Day a federal holiday.</span></span>
The fifth section of the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America gives Congress the power to prevent that amendment from being violated, since it establishes that Congress will have the power to enforce through appropriate legislation what is declared.
