Ronald Reagan's Tax Cuts A Legacy of Economic Growth and Debate

His efforts paid off. In August 1981, President Reagan signed the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, which brought reductions in individual income tax rates, ... 39:13 – What did President Reagan do about the House of Representatives, which was still Democrat-controlled? 42:46 – Cutting government ... He served as Chairman of the Republican Governors Association in 1969. He was elected to a second term as Governor of California in 1970. After completing his ... Elected president of the Screen Actors Guild, Reagan fought communism in the film industry and grew more conservative. As host of "GE Theater," he toured the ... He also appointed record numbers of women, African Americans, and Hispanics to federal positions. Carter's championship of human rights was coldly received by ... 40th president of the United States (1981–89), noted for his conservative Republicanism, his fervent anticommunism, and his appealing personal style. ... Do you have any suggestions for future videos? Let us know! Contact us by ... This content isn't available. Ronald Reagan's presidency was ... While this bill died in Congress, it can be viewed as a framework for President Ronald Reagan's landmark ”amnesty" program in 1986. As president ... A few of Reagan's roles in non-western movies included men of questionable character, but in Westerns he usually played the brave and wholesome ... He brought inflation, interest rates, and unemployment sharply down, and ushered in a reversal of New Deal/Great Society big government. He ...