The Reagan Revolution Its Enduring Impact on American Politics

He challenged the Soviet Union aggressively, hoping to show the Soviets that the United States had regained its will and compel them to enter serious ... 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 ... In this letter, he writes, "I myself have been a life long Dem. but no longer." Reagan had only recently switched parties—he refrained from officially becoming ... During his long rise to political prominence, President Ronald Reagan had been no friend to Social Security. He had repeatedly questioned its ... Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States. He held office between January 20th, 1981 and January 20, 1989. Reagan was a Republican, and he is ... Reagan's economic legacy is mixed. On the one hand, tax reduction and a tightening of interest rates by the Federal Reserve led to a record period of peacetime ... Deregulated the economy and got us out of the stagflation of the 70's. The economy and the stock market boomed. The only president we've ever ... He embodied the rebound of conservatism, running on a platform of military superiority combined with cuts to the overall federal government, and standing firm ... As Reagan claimed, 'in the face of declining American power, the Soviets and their friends are advancing'. He criticized the US for living too long with what ... Reagan was twice elected President of the Screen Actors Guild, the labor union for actors, where he worked to root out Communist influence. In the 1950s, he ...