President Reagan
President Reagan centered his campaign, and his administration, on reducing the size of government. Once in office, President Reagan made massive cuts to federal safety net programs, and shifted much of the funding that remained to programs that would purchase and offload surplus agricultural products – like the “government cheese” depicted here – into the charitable system.
In fact, the food banking system that we rely so heavily on today was born in the 1980s, largely in response to these massive cuts and the rapidly increasing need that resulted.
Where is it located in the Museum?
Halstead, Dirck. “US Pres. Ronald W. Reagan Holding up block of cheese given him after speech on tax reform.” 1985. The Chronicle Collection, Getty Images.
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The Hunger Museum Tour
We Can Solve Hunger —
The Proof is in Our History
The Proof is in Our History
- 1.Welcome
- 2.Welcome
- 3.The Age of Mass Migration - Landing
- 4.The Age of Mass Migration - Main
- 5.Immigration from Europe
- 6.Early Activists
- 7.The Great Depression
- 8.Charity Is Not Enough
- 9.Hunger is No One's Fault
- 10.The New Deal
- 11.Political Compromises
- 12.An Unequal Recovery
- 13.Back Door Exclusions
- 14.Hunger, Justice, and Civil Rights - Landing
- 15.Hunger, Justice, and Civil Rights - Main
- 16.The Walk for Decent Welfare
- 17.Televising the War on Hunger - Landing
- 18.Televising the War on Hunger - Main
- 19.Hunger in America
- 20.The Great Society
- 21.Bipartisan Consensus
- 22.Nixon Works to End Hunger
- 23.The Unmaking of the Great Society - Landing
- 24.The Unmaking of the Great Society - Main
- 25.President Reagan
- 26.The Myth of the Welfare Queen
- 27.Cementing Stereotypes into Policy
- 28.A New Bipartisan Consensus
- 29.Where We Are Now - Landing
- 30.Where We Are Now - Main
- 31.The Pandemic
- 32.Patching our Safety Net
- 33.Our Wish for the Future
- 34.End tour
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