B is wrong the correct answer is Defense Spending because in the 1980s America was mostly focused on upgrading and building a great economy through our technology in war and our military the U.S. economy was mainly focused on defending the American borders from foreign nations.
B) I am just guessing, but after Jimmy Carter's administration we started making smaller cars, but it was still an issue. Since the "Star Wars" program was used as a ploy to end communism, defense spending actually went down. Republicans do not like welfare. The only other issues, republicans had was taxes. However, interest rates were at the highest during the Regan years.
