Interview History
Interview
Timany Jones
HIS/145
November 7, 2012
Thomas Dunford
Reagan Remembered Interview
I chose to interview one of my customers from work. His name is Nick Connors and he has always been very involved and interested in events that occur within the United States. I informed him I needed to conduct an interview about his recollections of Ronald Reagan and the 1980’s and he was more than happy help me out. The questions I asked him during our interview are as follows: Me: What do you remember about the economic policies during Ronald Reagan’s term in presidency? Nick: “To put it in a brief synopsis he was very much a capitalist. He believed in capitalist economics. It replaced the Keynesian economics. Reagan believed in a smaller government and that the more freedom that the private industry and practice had, the better off the country would be. Fewer governmental regulations would make the economy expand in business and employ more people, which would bring more taxes into the government. The tax base would be better.” Me: Tell me about the Principles of the New Right. Nick: “It is the conservative part of the Republican Party. I would interject that Reagan was not the brain of everything, but was a good organizer. He surrounded himself with high quality and smart people but also kept them under control. Reagan was also responsible for the tearing down wall between East and West Berlin. I do not remember anything being referred to the New Right, but it’s just an expansion of conservatism and good American thinking.” Me: What was the Iran Contra affair? Nick: Nick does not recall the Iran Contra affair. I did some research on it and found that the Iran Contra affair was a scandal involving some people from the Reagan Administration. It began in 1985, when President Ronal Reagan’s administration supplied weapons to Iran, a sworn enemy, in hopes of securing the release of American hostages held in Lebanon by
Timany Jones
HIS/145
November 7, 2012
Thomas Dunford
Reagan Remembered Interview
I chose to interview one of my customers from work. His name is Nick Connors and he has always been very involved and interested in events that occur within the United States. I informed him I needed to conduct an interview about his recollections of Ronald Reagan and the 1980’s and he was more than happy help me out. The questions I asked him during our interview are as follows: Me: What do you remember about the economic policies during Ronald Reagan’s term in presidency? Nick: “To put it in a brief synopsis he was very much a capitalist. He believed in capitalist economics. It replaced the Keynesian economics. Reagan believed in a smaller government and that the more freedom that the private industry and practice had, the better off the country would be. Fewer governmental regulations would make the economy expand in business and employ more people, which would bring more taxes into the government. The tax base would be better.” Me: Tell me about the Principles of the New Right. Nick: “It is the conservative part of the Republican Party. I would interject that Reagan was not the brain of everything, but was a good organizer. He surrounded himself with high quality and smart people but also kept them under control. Reagan was also responsible for the tearing down wall between East and West Berlin. I do not remember anything being referred to the New Right, but it’s just an expansion of conservatism and good American thinking.” Me: What was the Iran Contra affair? Nick: Nick does not recall the Iran Contra affair. I did some research on it and found that the Iran Contra affair was a scandal involving some people from the Reagan Administration. It began in 1985, when President Ronal Reagan’s administration supplied weapons to Iran, a sworn enemy, in hopes of securing the release of American hostages held in Lebanon by
References: Iran Contra Affair. (n.d.). Retrieved November 5, 2012, from United States History: http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1889.html