Tax Cuts and Deregulation Reagan's Economic Legacy

Signed in August, these enactments were a major reduction in domestic expenditures and the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, were designed to ... President Reagan's Policies refer to the set of economic and social strategies implemented by Ronald Reagan during his presidency from 1981 to 1989, ... Reagan's Secretary of State, George P. Shultz, played an especially important role in blocking efforts by the Department of the Interior, the ... President Ronald Reagan's record includes sweeping economic reforms and deep across-the-board tax cuts, market deregulation, and sound monetary policies to ... Battling the Cuban-backed Sandinistas, the Contras were, according to Reagan, "the moral equivalent of our Founding Fathers." Under the so-called Reagan ... Reaganomics refers to economic policies put forward by US President Ronald Reagan during his presidency in the 1980s. The policies were introduced to fight a ... June 6, 1986 President Reagan signed the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) Act, which establishes Social Security coverage for federal employees hired ... Because his presidency ended little more than two decades ago, Reagan is important to study both as a historical figure and as a policy-maker whose legacy still ... Reagan advanced domestic policies that featured a lessening of federal government responsibility in solving social problems, reducing restrictions on business, ... Reagan introduced our nation to free markets with less government controls, open doors for the middle class. The tax cuts that was put in place during his term ...