Ronald Reagan's Impact on the American Psyche

For 30 years Ronald Reagan has been a hero to Republicans and conservatives, his presidency regarded as the crucial moment when America ... Reagan's strategy in dealing with the Soviet Union and ending the Cold War involved reviving the U.S. economy, restoring American self- ... He began a great increase in income inequality with his trickle down economics. That eventually led to an estimated $ 50 trillion in wealth ... Politically, the Federal role in transportation, which had enjoyed bipartisan support for decades, had been challenged by President Ronald ... Reagan's 1981 Program for Economic Recovery had four major policy objectives: (1) reduce the growth of government spending, (2) reduce the marginal tax ... 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 ... Because that's what it was to be an American in the 1980's. We stood, again, for freedom. I know we always have, but in the past few years the ... Reagan, who survived a 1981 assassination attempt, died at age 93 after battling Alzheimer's disease. Ronald Reagan's Childhood and Education. Ronald Reagan entered the White House in 1981 with strongly conservative values but experience in moderate politics. He appealed to moderates and ... GWEN IFILL: Ronald Reagan was the oldest man ever to serve as president, the longest-living ex-president, and the first American president to ...