They were both nationalists who believed in business and commerce
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.
Reprimanding is to rebuke someone and more often than not it is in an offical matter.
And example would be: Did the policeman reprimand that man?