Ronald Reagan was born on February 6th 1911. He went on to be a radio announcer, a sports caster, and a Hollywood movie actor before becoming the Governor of California and finally making it all the way to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to become 40th President of the United States.
During the eight years Reagan served as President, he re-defined the role of politics and the impact it has in a Democracy. He gave vision in America that brought a new sense of hope and a message of encouragement. In 1980, Jimmy Carter, a Democrat, was President of the U.S. and all was going as wrong as anything could. America had inflation of 18%, oil prices were going through the roof, interest rates were high and we had an energy policy that was wreck less and not …show more content…
In order to get the economy moving on again he put on a plan of his own called “Reaganomics”. Reaganomics was a bill that would outline a 25% across the board tax cut for everyone, even including businesses. Freeze prices and interest rates and finally present a budget freeze. However congress have voted down the budget freeze but passed the rest of Reaganomics. After it was passed, the economy started booming again until he increased military spending and defense spending by 15% at the same time having America fall into a huge downfall and led off to a bad start of what was hoping to be a side of relief. (Britannica School …show more content…
He started rebuilding our nuclear arms to match the number of weapons the Soviets had. By increasing our warheads he was able to get the Soviets to realize that they will not override one of the greatest militaries in the world. He increased the amount of men within the military and encouraged more to join the military in case of a dire emergency that a President who have to declare war on. Reagan’s view on defense was not highly liked by Democrats and they often criticized his policies of making us strong once again. (1984 Presidential Debate’s 1 &
During the eight years Reagan served as President, he re-defined the role of politics and the impact it has in a Democracy. He gave vision in America that brought a new sense of hope and a message of encouragement. In 1980, Jimmy Carter, a Democrat, was President of the U.S. and all was going as wrong as anything could. America had inflation of 18%, oil prices were going through the roof, interest rates were high and we had an energy policy that was wreck less and not …show more content…
In order to get the economy moving on again he put on a plan of his own called “Reaganomics”. Reaganomics was a bill that would outline a 25% across the board tax cut for everyone, even including businesses. Freeze prices and interest rates and finally present a budget freeze. However congress have voted down the budget freeze but passed the rest of Reaganomics. After it was passed, the economy started booming again until he increased military spending and defense spending by 15% at the same time having America fall into a huge downfall and led off to a bad start of what was hoping to be a side of relief. (Britannica School …show more content…
He started rebuilding our nuclear arms to match the number of weapons the Soviets had. By increasing our warheads he was able to get the Soviets to realize that they will not override one of the greatest militaries in the world. He increased the amount of men within the military and encouraged more to join the military in case of a dire emergency that a President who have to declare war on. Reagan’s view on defense was not highly liked by Democrats and they often criticized his policies of making us strong once again. (1984 Presidential Debate’s 1 &