1981
25 verified events recorded in 1981.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981-12-04 | Reagan Signs Executive Order 12333, Loosening Intelligence Restrictions and Enabling Private Contractor Involvement
4 src Ronald Reagan · Central Intelligence Agency · National Security Agency · Defense Intelligence Agency · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1981-12-01 | CNP Completes "Three-Legged Stool" with Heritage and ALEC - Coordination Infrastructure Operational
2 src Council for National Policy · Heritage Foundation · American Legislative Exchange Council · Paul Weyrich | confirmed | |
| 1981-11-13 | Lee Atwater's Recorded Confession Explains Evolution of Racial Dog Whistle Politics
3 src Republican Party | confirmed | |
| 1981-09-29 | Reagan Orders Coast Guard Interdiction of Haitian Refugees, Establishing Maritime Asylum Denial
3 src Ronald Reagan · U.S. Coast Guard · Immigration and Naturalization Service · Department of State | confirmed | |
| 1981-08-13 | Reagan Signs Economic Recovery Tax Act (ERTA) - Top Rate Slashed from 70% to 50%, Corporate Tax Cuts Total $150 Billion Over Five Years
5 src Ronald Reagan · Jack Kemp · William Roth · Heritage Foundation · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1981-08-13 | Reagan Signs ERTA: Massive Tax Cuts for Wealthy Begin Inequality Explosion
4 src Ronald Reagan · U.S. Congress · Jack Kemp · William Roth | confirmed | |
| 1981-08-03 | Reagan Fires PATCO Strikers: Union-Busting Era Begins
4 src Ronald Reagan · Federal Aviation Administration | confirmed | |
| 1981-07-01 | AG Smith Declares Detention-as-Deterrence Doctrine, Eliminating Bond Rights for Asylum Seekers
5 src Ronald Reagan · Immigration and Naturalization Service · Department of Justice · Haitian refugees | confirmed | |
| 1981-06-05 | AIDS Epidemic Begins: Reagan Administration Maintains Years of Deadly Silence
4 src Ronald Reagan · C. Everett Koop | confirmed | |
| 1981-05-18 | Council for National Policy Founded with Schlafly as Founding Member, Creating Elite Conservative Network
3 src Phyllis Schlafly · Council for National Policy · Tim LaHaye · Paul Weyrich · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1981-05-01 | Council for National Policy Founded - Secret Conservative Coordination Network
3 src Tim LaHaye · Paul Weyrich · Nelson Bunker Hunt · Howard Phillips | confirmed | |
| 1981-05-01 | Tim LaHaye Founds Council for National Policy: The Shadow Network That Coordinates the American Right
3 src Tim LaHaye · Paul Weyrich · Richard Viguerie · Howard Phillips · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1981-04-13 | Reagan Appoints William Baxter as Antitrust Chief, Enforcement Collapses as Chicago School Takes Control
4 src Ronald Reagan · William F. Baxter · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 1981-04-01 | Epstein leaves Bear Stearns amid SEC insider trading investigation
3 src Jeffrey Epstein · Bear Stearns · Securities and Exchange Commission | confirmed | |
| 1981-04-01 | Jack Welch Becomes GE CEO, Launches 'Shareholder Value' Era and Mass Layoffs
3 src General Electric | confirmed | |
| 1981-01-28 | Reagan Appoints James Watt as Interior Secretary - Oil Industry Capture
5 src Ronald Reagan · James Watt | confirmed | |
| 1981-01-20 | Reagan Inauguration Begins Antitrust Revolution: Eight Years of Systematic Enforcement Collapse and Corporate Consolidation
4 src Ronald Reagan · William F. Baxter · Robert Bork · Department of Justice · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1981-01-01 | ALEC Establishes Cabinet Task Forces and Partners with Reagan's Task Force on Federalism
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Ronald Reagan | confirmed | |
| 1981-01-01 | Corporate Tax Avoidance Explosion: Reagan Loopholes Slash Corporate Revenue
3 src Ronald Reagan · Corporate America · Internal Revenue Service · U.S. Congress | confirmed | |
| 1981-01-01 | Heritage Foundation's "Mandate for Leadership" Becomes Reagan Administration Blueprint
4 src Heritage Foundation · Ronald Reagan · Edwin Meese · James Watt | confirmed | |
| 1981-01-01 | Reagan Administration Muzzles Surgeon General Koop on AIDS for Five Years
4 src C. Everett Koop · Ronald Reagan · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 1981-01-01 | Reagan Environmental Deregulation: Systematic Dismantling of Protections
3 src Ronald Reagan · James Watt · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Department of Interior | confirmed | |
| 1981-01-01 | Reagan Era Wage Stagnation: Real Wages Decline as Inequality Accelerates
4 src Ronald Reagan · American workers · Labor unions · Corporate America | confirmed | |
| 1981-01-01 | Supply-Side Economics Failure: Empirical Evidence Debunks Trickle-Down Theory
4 src Ronald Reagan · Arthur Laffer · Congressional Budget Office | confirmed | |
| 1981-01-01 | Wealth Inequality Explodes: Reagan Policies Accelerate Income Gap
4 src Ronald Reagan | confirmed |