The Reagan Doctrine A Foreign Policy Framework

He said Reagan helped turn the American people against the federal government and cut taxes so much that the resulting budget deficits forced ... For 30 years Ronald Reagan has been a hero to Republicans and conservatives, his presidency regarded as the crucial moment when America ... Former executive assistant to Ronald Reagan, Peggy Grande, discussed the man, the president and his lasting impact on politics today during a public event. He has restored the American economy (a president's single most important domestic responsibility) even as he has frustrated the Left's ambition to ... Since Ronald Reagan left office -- and particularly after his death -- his shadow has loomed large over American politics: Republicans and many Democrats ... Ronald Reagan brought a lightness and benevolence to the serious business of the Oval Office that few have been able to match. He had inherited ... affecting every American. President Reagan declared, “It's time to recognize ... It might also compromise. America's ability to make long-term investments. Reagan's genius was to show us a way out of this dilemma: The real undeniable test of tax policy is not short-term shifts in revenue but long-term shifts in ... He tripled the national debt and started the deregulation of Wall St. which set us on a pattern of financial chicanery that led to the 2008 ... The Reagan era or the Age of Reagan is a periodization of recent American history used by historians and political observers to emphasize that the ...