Reagan's Impact on American Security and Foreign Relations

Yet from a long-term perspective, conservatives achieved an enduring transformation of American politics and society. Liberals did not disappear, but they ... His belief in trickle-down economics -- that you can lower taxes, thereby creating the economic stimulus to cover spending, in fact while ... by President Reagan can be seen in the estimates for the. 1986 budget, in which 19.9% of GNP, rather than the current 23 %, is scheduled to be spent. The ... When President Reagan took office, he promised to rebuild the nation's defenses, restore economic growth, and trim the size of the federal government. ... was no longer an anomaly; this disease was the beginning of a massacre. With fears of an unstoppable epidemic, Americans turned to President Ronald Reagan for. Reagan was deeply influenced by his godly mother, Nelle, and raised in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Reagan's firm belief that God had a plan for ... But in 1983, after more than two years of epic defense spending, virulent Cold War rhetoric, and no arms-control talks, Americans were demanding ... ... War and his legacy as the “Great Communicator.” But Reagan's impact on the Supreme Court was also significant and still relevant today. Reagan strongly believed that American ingenuity could conquer technological obstacles. This belief is what drove his pursuit of SDI, despite ... Ronald Reagan promised to take government off the backs of enterprising Americans. He told voters that government was not the solution to the nation's problems; ...