Ronald Reagan's Impact Beyond the Presidency

Like Margaret Thatcher, he had a great suspicion of government. Although he in fact increased the overall size of government through growth in military spending ... He genuinely enjoyed campaigning, not just because he could advocate for his political positions on key issues, but mostly because he enjoyed being with people. Reagan wrote as a supporter of the conservative Republican Senator Barry Goldwater. Reagan had spent much of his political career campaigning and voting for ... His union and the government - they'd been fighting over wages, among other things, and the union decided to strike. Ronald Reagan was on TV to ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (6 February 1911 – 5 June 2004) was an American politician and actor, who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to ... 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 ... Franklin Roosevelt was a master manipulator, more canny than trustworthy, often deceitful, but he led the nation through crises greater than ... President Ronald Reagan (RR) was diagnosed with AD in 1994, six years after he left office; however, speculation of his cognitive decline while in office ... On June 5, 2024, we honored the life and legacy of President Ronald Reagan at a special event hosted by the Ronald Reagan Presidential ... The federal debt was about half what it is today, measured as a share of the economy. The Reagan tax cut was huge. The top rate fell from 70 ...