Gloss: 1980s
Reagan Era - Public programs are cut, while free-market capitalism expands and corporations’ share of taxes declines. Poverty increases while jobs and industry decreases. The War on Drugs and prison come to the forefront as the answer to domestic social "problems." From 1980-84, FBI anti-drug funding increased from $8 million to $95 million.* Crack and HIV/AIDS epidemics begin.
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