Question

how did Reagan react when people said they were struggling because of cuts to social welfare programs

Answer 1

Reagan said, “Those who through no fault of their own must rely on the rest of us, the poverty-stricken, the disabled, the elderly, all those with true need, can rest assured that the social safety net of programs they depend on are exempt from any cuts."

Answer 2

Reagan react and said that government programs were keeping them poor when people said they were struggling because of cuts to federal social welfare programs.

Explanation:

40th President of U.S. Ronald Reagan who is known as an advocate of modern conservatism has served the country from 1981 – 1989. During his tenure, he made a lot of reduction in welfare programs as he believed that these programs have made the situation of poverty worse in the country.

He believed that the expenditure on welfare programs is burdening the country’s economy and fuelling the inflation and increased the problem of dependency among the people and hence keeping them poor.