Cecilia, do you have evidence that the 20 million jobs created supported the needs of those most economically vulnerable? What sector of jobs were created? Reagan's plan also cut social spending at the same time, which included AFDC, food stamps, and other programs that targeted economically vulnerable persons. According to the research findings of Plotnick (1993), Reaganomics led to an increase in income inequality, did little to reduce poverty, and deliberately reduced social spending that put the most economically vulnerable at greater risk