Excerpt from Richard Viguerie’s “Why the New Right is Winning,” 1981
America is basically a conservative country. The potential for conservative revolt has always been there, under the most favorable conditions. But those conditions have to be made.
That’s where the New Right comes in. For many years, conservatives were frustrated. We had no way to translate our vision into reality. Most importantly, we lacked a vehicle to carry our message to the voters without going through the filter of the liberal-leaning news media. During the 1950s, 1960s, and most of the 1970s liberal politicians were able to make speeches that sounded as if they were written by Barry Goldwater. The liberals could come home on weekends and make speeches calling for a strong America, attacking waste in Washington, and complaining about big government. Then, on Monday, they could go back to Washington and vote to block new weapons systems, to give away the Panama Canal, to increase taxes, to create new government agencies, and to weaken the CIA and FBI.
Use the excerpt from Viguerie’s “Why the New Right is Winning” to answer the question.
In the excerpt, Viguerie claims that liberals had previously made empty promises about which conservative ideal?
A.
foreign aid
B.
limited government
C.
military funding
D.
tax cuts
B. limited government
The correct answer is: B. limited government.
The correct answer is limited government. In the excerpt, Viguerie states that liberal politicians were able to make speeches that sounded as if they were written by conservative Barry Goldwater, advocating for a strong America, attacking waste in Washington, and complaining about big government. However, Viguerie asserts that these same liberal politicians would then go back to Washington and vote for actions that increased government involvement, such as blocking new weapons systems, giving away the Panama Canal, increasing taxes, creating new government agencies, and weakening the CIA and FBI. Therefore, Viguerie implies that the liberals were making empty promises about limited government.
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