Educational Reforms Under Reagan Promoting Choice and Accountability

1980: Heritage's "Mandate for Leadership" suggests revitalizing the economy with an across-the-board tax cut. "Top priority in refocused tax policy should be ... President Reagan had run a campaign that focused on his desire to tackle three challenges: the economic morass the nation was in, diplomatic ... It was his bold effort to transform the nation's economic policies. Relying on the arguments of the supply-side theorists who had been so important to his ... Once he became president, Reagan gave highest priority to implementing his economic program, known as Reaganomics. The president believed he could encourage ... Reagan's staunch anti-communism and deep distrust of the Soviet Union permeated his foreign policy. Convinced that the Soviets were seeking military superiority ... During the campaign of 1980, Ronald Reagan announced a recipe to fix the nation's economic mess. He claimed an undue tax burden, excessive government regulation ... During Ronald Reagan's presidency in the 1980s, his economic policies were characterized by tax cuts and increased military spending, commonly ... The Reagan administration's policies aimed to reduce the size and scope of the federal government, including significant tax cuts and a reduction in social ... In order to address the deficit problem, Reagan backed away from strict supply-side theories to support a $98.3 billion tax increase in 1982. By early 1983 the ... Reagan inherited a struggling economy and embarked upon radical solutions to turn around American economic decline. Important measures included a reduction ...