Answer: The audience of the speech is people of higher class or white collar workers and the “special interest group” is blue collar, working class citizens. Reagan says this in the line, “It is made up of men and women who raise our food, patrol our streets, man our mines and factories, teach our children, keep our homes, and heal us when we're sick—professionals, industrialists, shopkeepers, clerks, cabbies, and truck drivers.” Reagan does not talk directly to these working class people because he says “ It knows no sectional boundaries or ethnic and racial divisions, and it crosses political party lines.” He says “it” instead of speaking straight to the American people. Thus, he is not reliable.
