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Rebuilding America:
"In 1981, no problem the country faces was more serious than our nation's economic crisis."
-- Ronald Reagan
The seven figures in this gallery represent millions of Americans who suffered through nearly a decade of economic hardship by 1981.
President Reagan inherited a country in the midst of a disastrous recession, with sky-high interest rates, out-of-control inflation, massive unemployment, and other problems that tested America's resolve. He was determined to bring about recovery by liberating the native energy, ingenuity, and entrepreneurial spirit of the American people. |