Ronald Reagan's Role In Public Administration

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In 1980 Ronald Reagan was elected as the 40th president of the United States in which he served for two terms. It might not be know though that he actually was a rather successful movie actor in Hollywood as a supporting actor; he featured in movies such as Dark Victory ( 1939 ) and Knute Rockne: All American ( 1940 ). Later on he went to be California's Governor for two terms in 1967 and 1971. Declining a third term as governor he ran for president in 1976 but fell short to General Ford. Four years later he would win in the 1980’s elections becoming president. During his presidential time it could well be argued he was successful as he helped to end the Cold War. However his good actions are overshadowed by his anti-labor policy, setbacks…show more content…
Reagan attempted to lower minimum wages for young workers and cut down on job training programs. ( Meister ) He also as well promoted and allowed employers to fire any workers who intended to strike. ( ProCon.org ) Clearly Reagan had intentions to give workers a bad time and deprive them of their voice which could only be expressed through striking. Reagan demonstrated this himself when he refused to negotiate workers from the Professionals Air Traffic Controllers Organization who were striking but instead fired and replaced them. ( Lepasansky Werner, 637 ) However he was still not done since he banned those PATCO workers from federal service for life. ( ProCon.org ) Reagan was demonstrating that he wasn't going to tolerate any striking of any sort from workers such as with PATCO. In result Reagan's presidency was one of no support to labor but instead of firing and bad conditions like low wages to…show more content…
On the early stages of AIDS there were thousand of cases being reported such that over 100,000 people went out to march to bring support and attention to the disease. ( White ) It then reached the points where scientists and health care Professionals were requesting funding for research on AIDS. ( White ) With AIDS rising and thousands asking for support Reagan still did not act or respond to the situation. Reagan finally addressed the issue on May 31, 1987 at the AIDS conference in Washington DC. ( ProCon.org ) By 1987 AIDS had spread to aver 113 countries and over 50,000 cases had beeen reported. ( White ) By the time he addressed the issue at the conference it was too late as AIDS had gone global for his ignorance. As a result of Reagan’s avoidance to address the epidemic even after scientists and people asked for his help, AIDS spread worldwide. Forwarding to today it is now a deadly disease that affects thousands of people especially in the US and it can be said Reagan contributed to
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