The Great Communicator Reagan's Influence on American Rhetoric

... 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. The Reagan boom raised more people out of poverty than any similar boom since World War II, but the economic revival of the mid-1980s did not touch all ... Reagan cut the corporate tax rate from 46% to 40% in 1987.6 But the effect of this break was unclear. Reagan changed the tax treatment of many ... The Camp David agreements were undoubtedly Jimmy Carter's biggest accomplishment in diplomacy. And he had to do it twice: first in September ... Reagan strongly believed that American ingenuity could conquer technological obstacles. This belief is what drove his pursuit of SDI, despite ... Reagan's 1981 Program for Economic Recovery had four major policy objectives: (1) reduce the growth of government spending, (2) reduce the marginal tax ... The pillars of Reagan's economic policy included increasing defense spending, balancing the federal budget and slowing the growth of government spending, ... Reagan's success in changing the terms of the American policy debate affected Canadian public policy. Conservatives belatedly stimulated a ... Ronald Reagan (40) Event Timeline 01/20/1981-01/20/1989 ; 11/04/1980. Election Day. Reagan wins 91% of the Electoral College and 51% of the popular vote. ; 1981. Mr. Reagan made more than $22 billion in cuts to social welfare programs, including federal student loans and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.