1981年1月20日，罗纳德·里根就任美国总统。 上任后，里根逆势而动，废除了在他当选和上任之间两个半月时间里政府所增加的公共服务职位。
When US President Ronald Reagan took office on January 20, 1981, he retroactively rescinded all civil-service job offers extended by the government during the two and a half months between his election and the inauguration.