Passage A:The fact is, bureaucracies are a problem around the world. There's an old story about a town - it could be anywhere - with a bureaucrat who is known to be a good-for-nothing, but he somehow had always hung on to power. So one day, in a town meeting, an old woman got up and said to him: "There is a folk legend here where I come from that when a baby is born, an angel comes down from heaven and kisses it on one part of its body. If the angel kisses him on his hand, he becomes a handyman. If he kisses him on his forehead, he becomes bright and clever. And I've been trying to figure out where the angel kissed you so that you should sit there for so long and do nothing."-Address at Moscow State UniversityRonald Reagan Passage B:We Americans make no secret of our belief in freedom. In fact, it's something of a national pastime. Every four years the American people choose a new president, and 1988 is one of those years. At one point there were thirteen major candidates running in the two major parties, not to mention all the others, including the Socialist and Libertarian candidates - all trying to get my job. About 1,000 local television stations, 8,500 radio stations, and 1,700 daily newspapers - each one an independent, private enterprise, fiercely independent of the government - report on the candidates, grill them in interviews, and bring them together for debates.-Address at Moscow State UniversityRonald Reagan What is the main opinion Reagan gives in Passage A? What is the main opinion Reagan gives in Passage B?Which opinion does he substantiate with facts?

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