State of the Union
Work
- Date of Production
- 1983
- Duration
- Run time: 0:32:24
- Creators
- Appalshop, Inc (is producer)
- Headwaters (is producer)
- Description
- Coal miners discuss Ronald Reagan’s 1983 State of the Union address. Clips of the address are interspersed with the miners’ commentary. Topics include balanced budget proposals, federal spending freeze, education initiatives, free trade and tax incentives. Of particular interest is one man’s comments on the noticeable decrease in federal public benefit provisions and the decrease in federal regulatory oversight of the mining industry.
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