Base your answer to question 43 on the passage
below and on your knowledge of social studies.
…In this present crisis, government is not the
solution to our problem; government is the
problem. From time to time we’ve been tempted
to believe that society has become too complex to
be managed by self-rule, that government by an
elite group is superior to government for, by, and
of the people. Well, if no one among us is capable
of governing himself, then who among us has the
capacity to govern someone else? All of us
together, in and out of government, must bear the
burden. The solutions we seek must be equitable,
with no one group singled out to pay a higher
price.…
— President Ronald Reagan, Inaugural Address,
January 20, 1981
The Reagan administration tried to deal with the
situation described in this statement by
(1) limiting the role of the federal government
(2) reducing military defense expenditures
(3) increasing regulations on business
(4) expanding the power of federal employee
unions