...not opportunity to benefit the citizens of the USA, but, opportunity to be elected. Under Reagan it was about deregulation. Previous to Reagan the USA had valued conservation, not conservativeism, but, conservation. There were a lot of necessary regulation to protect the natural resources of the USA for the future. For future generations.
...In early 1981 the Reagan administration deregulated oil prices. (click here) The result was an immediate and sharp increase in prices followed by a dramatic decrease. Fuel oil became extremely competitive with gas. As pipeline companies scrambled to meet the competition of fuel oil they curtailed purchases of gas from producers and other suppliers and renegotiated contracts. This created a surplus of natural gas. The pipeline companies and distributors initiated a number of programs to make natural gas more competitive with fuel oil....
Reagan didn't perform any magic. He simply looked at where the 'asset wealth' of the USA occurred and decided it was time to make his economic stand and secure his political future as President for two terms. Reagan was in office from January 20, 1981 to January 20, 1989. One of the first things he did was to deregulate the USA's natural resources. It was easy, it was guaranteed and it would work. It did. It also secured his time in the Oval Office for eight years. Republicans have been a fan of oil and natural resource exploitation ever since. In other words, "Global warming, what global warming?"
But, that doesn't really speak to the issue of women and where their particular gender fits into 'the scheme of things.'
...In early 1981 the Reagan administration deregulated oil prices. (click here) The result was an immediate and sharp increase in prices followed by a dramatic decrease. Fuel oil became extremely competitive with gas. As pipeline companies scrambled to meet the competition of fuel oil they curtailed purchases of gas from producers and other suppliers and renegotiated contracts. This created a surplus of natural gas. The pipeline companies and distributors initiated a number of programs to make natural gas more competitive with fuel oil....
Reagan didn't perform any magic. He simply looked at where the 'asset wealth' of the USA occurred and decided it was time to make his economic stand and secure his political future as President for two terms. Reagan was in office from January 20, 1981 to January 20, 1989. One of the first things he did was to deregulate the USA's natural resources. It was easy, it was guaranteed and it would work. It did. It also secured his time in the Oval Office for eight years. Republicans have been a fan of oil and natural resource exploitation ever since. In other words, "Global warming, what global warming?"
But, that doesn't really speak to the issue of women and where their particular gender fits into 'the scheme of things.'
