What Ronald Reagan told PBS in 1979 reveals about the American Dream then, and now
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Every year on February 6th, America gets to celebrate anew the birth of its 40th President, Ronald Reagan.
Peggy Grande is author of "The President Will See You Now: My Stories and Lessons from Ronald Reagan’s Final Years." She was executive assistant to President Ronald Reagan from 1989-1999 and served as a political appointee in the Trump administration. She was chair of World for Brexit, serves on the national board of the Royal Commonwealth Society of the USA, the board of advisers for Pepperdine University School of Public Policy and the board of directors for the Center for American Ideas. Follow her on Twitter @peggy_grande.
When we revisit Reagan’s words and his legacy, we find he is an endless treasure trove of wisdom and surprise. I recently discovered an audio interview recorded eighteen months before Ronald Reagan became President of the United States, which reflects a sentiment prevalent today.
On April 30, 1979, Ronald Reagan sat down with Bill Moyers of PBS who asked him, "Somebody described Reagan country as a land of well-kept lawns and chambers of commerce, a town square, a nice place to raise kids and have a bar-b-que. Do you think that Reagan country - that part of America - sees and understands the America of dirty streets and crime and poor people?"
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