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My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

RONALD REAGAN PART TWO: A Taxing Year - Deficits, Unions, Taxes. Compromises

My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

Bruce Carlson

Politics, History, News

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Reagan is the only President to have led a union into a strike. Twice, with two wins. And that's why he knew how to a break a strike when he had to. But in doing so, did he encourage employers to be harsh with workers? Some think that's exactly what happened. This, and the joy of the tax cut passage is turning into concern about deficit numbers. Not even his whiz kid Stockman can find an answer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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find podcasts. Hello everyone. My name is Wesley Levesay from the History of the Second World War podcast.

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Join me on a journey to the most destructive conflict in human history, a journey that will take us not just through the famous campaigns and cataclysmic battles, but also to the lesser well-known corners of the war that touched millions all over the world, as we try and answer not just the

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questions of what and where, but how and why. You can find History of the Second World War

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on all major podcast platforms or at History of the Second World War.com.

1:06.7

Flight 229, you're clear for your version.

1:10.4

We thought he was bluffing.

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An air traffic controller, a member of the professional air traffic controller organization, would be proven wrong.

1:20.5

Flight 807, maintain your... In 1981, the union, known as Patco, began negotiations with the new Reagan administration

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continuation from those with Carter and the Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis.

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They wanted a big increase.

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They had a couple of things going for them.

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They ran the entire network of air traffic in the United States. They were skilled

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workers, and it was not easy to replace their skill. At minimum, 21 weeks of training were required.

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