So you wanna be like Reagan, eh President Obama?

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On December 29, 1980, People magazine published an interview with President elect Ronald Reagan.  While the entire article is interesting, one question in particular caught my eye:

What examples in cost-cutting do you and Mrs. Reagan think you could incorporate into your own lives that would be symbolic to other Americans caught by inflation?

Wouldn't it be refreshing if someone deigned to interrupt King Barack in between rounds of golf and Hollywood fantasy parties to ask a similar question?