Passage 1
Passage 2
In these passages, Presidents Ronald Reagan and
Barack Obama present solutions for dealing with a
recession. A recession is defined as a length of time
when the economy slows, businesses struggle, and
unemployment rates rise.
Radio Address to the Nation
on the Program for Economic
Recovery April 3, 1982
by President Ronald Reagan
I
These aren't easy times for a great
many of you. Yesterday we were told that
unemployment has gone up another
two-tenths of 1 percent-equal to the
unemployment rate we had in 1975 as we
began to come out of that recession.
Which detail in Passage 1 introduces
information irrelevant to Reagan's
argument?
"we're going to make further reductions in
spending
"you've been told by some that we should do
away with the tax cuts in order to reduce the
deficit."
"we're going to come out of this recession not
with a temporary, quick fix that leads to
another recession down the road"
"while the political process always requires
some compromise, government this time
intends to stay the course