Ronald Reagan A Visionary Whose Impact Still Shapes America

Reagan's welfare reforms just made the poor poorer. When a three-year recession hit in 1980, six million more Americans fell into poverty. By ... Given actual rates of inflation, through 1987, the Reagan tax cuts saved the median-income two-earner American family of four close to $9,000 in taxes from what ... As president, he challenged many of the politically liberal programs that had dominated the federal government since the New Deal, and throughout his presidency ... This was the first time an American president had met with a Soviet leader in Moscow. ... When Ronald Reagan became president in 1981, Leonid ... His wilderness protection achievements are an enduring legacy for the American people. President Reagan signed into law 38 bills that added more ... Ronald Reagan shattered the illusions of détente by redefining the nature of the Cold War between the West and Soviet communism, and adopting a strategy that ... President Reagan has been in office less than three weeks. A mood of economic anxiety hangs over the nation. Millions of Americans are out of work, interest ... President Reagan showed a significant reduction in the number of unique words over time and a significant increase in conversational fillers and non-specific ... Reagan tapped the creativity of America's entrepreneurs to bring about a global, not just a national, economic revolution. President Reagan considered regulatory relief, in which the Department of Labor was destined to play a major part, one of the cornerstones of the Economic ...