Reagan's Economic Legacy A Debate that Continues

A fascinating portrait of a poor boy from Illinois who became a Hollywood movie star, eloquent speaker, and one of the greatest presidents of the United States. His reforms focused on four principles – he ordered restrained government spending, lower tax rates; he reduced government regulation and ... Presidential Power Ronald Reagan served as America's 40th president. Reagan managed to cut taxes, increase defense spending, negotiate a nuclear arms reduction ... Lincoln held the nation together during its greatest trial, the Civil War. ... Ronald Reagan, 1981 - 1989, Republican. 41. George H. W. Bush, 1989 ... ... Ronald Reagan in 1980. The easy shorthand on Carter – inept ... Carter later added a fourth major accomplishment: “And we championed human rights. President Reagan was elected president of the United States on November 4th 1980 defeating the incumbent President Jimmy Carter. President Reagan carried 44 ... Greatest Achievements of President Reagan: The tax cuts of 1981. Signed in August, these enactments were a major reduction in domestic expenditures. His post-presidential involvement with Habitat for Humanity illustrated the large reverberation of a good example. Of his presidency, let us ... Reaganomics. Reagan also made significant changes to how the American economy worked. Reagan believed that most Americans were overtaxed. He got tax cuts ... One of President Jimmy Carter's greatest accomplishments ... While President Ford supported a Canal treaty, his primary opponent, Ronald Reagan, did not.