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Toward the end of his remarks before the 1992 Republican National Convention , Reagan said simply , " Whatever else history may say about me when I am gone , I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes , not your worst fears , to your confidence , rather that your doubts . The late ' 80s conservative governments of Reagan and Thatcher made support for the voluntary sector a central part of their strategies to reduce government spending . The failure of Democrats to criticize Reagan meant he faced relatively uncritical coverage ( just as Republicans ' aggressiveness led to relatively tough coverage of Bill Clinton ) . One piece he had produced , an on-air " job-a-thon , " had even garnered kudos from Washington ; he was honored for it by then-President Ronald Reagan . The same committee whose chairman blocked a budget because it restricted the committee 's discretion over emergency supplementals and the number of pork projects it could load on to appropriations bills.And as I recall , Jack Kingston is such a fiscal conservative that he awarded those who voted for the Medicare prescription drug benefit , the biggest entitlement expansion since LBJ 's Great Society , with cynically named " Ronald Reagan Awards .