Reaganomics A Legacy of Economic Triumphs and Political Contests

President Reagan instituted tax cuts, decreased social spending, increased military spending, and implemented market deregulation. Reaganomics was influenced by ... Following his inaugural address in which he stated that “government is not the solution to our problems; government is the problem,” Reagan's first term policy ... In 1980 Ronald Reagan was elected President by an electoral vote of 489 to 49 over ... controversial regulations that had sought to impose a relatively ... The President acted to curb the trend toward Government intervention and spending as a means of solving the problems of American society and the economy. In the ... Even after the whole world condemned Saddam Hussein for using chemical weapons to kill over 5,000 Kurdish civilians in Iraq, the Reagan ... Several statistics of the Ronald Reagan Foundation tout significant achievements that resulted from Reaganomics over President Reagan's 8 years ... After 1985, many of Reagan's national security advisers, intelligence analysts, and political allies disdained the president's nuclear ... His opponents contend that Reagan's poor policies, such as bloating the national defense, drastically cutting social services, and making ... In 1980, Ronald Reagan won the election and quickly began implementing a program to counter these problems and associated "stagflation" through tax reduction ... Reagan had the single largest number of cabinet members and staff who were convicted criminals, more than any President in US history - ...