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    money to reduce inflation. The system was very effective by lowering barriers to the production of goods and services, while also investing in capital. In contrast, Reaganomics is quite the opposite of Keynesian economics as it advocates for less government spending, whereas Keynes advocates for high government involvement. Reaganomics attempted to tighten the control of money to expand the economy, whereas Keynesian economics attempted to loosen the control of money to expand the economy.…

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    Before Clinton election, the rich people got the benefits from Republican policies and Reaganomics. After Clinton was elected as a president, his supporters said that would help the middle class. Actually, there were several changes that taking place in the United States economy in the 1990s. The country began to move out of the recession. The economy began in growing slowly. The economy continued in improving until 2001. Also, President Clinton established an economic plan. That plan helped…

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    He introduced the trickle-down effect which was commonly known as “Reaganomics” back then. Since then it has led to a huge gap between the rich and the poor in the US. It has the opposite effect on what is it supposed to do and should be reversed. During a campaign to introduce the idea of trickle-down economics Reagan said…

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    1981 Ronald Reagan was inaugurated into the office of the 49th president of the United States of America. He immediately began making key changes in the country such as expanding our military, infrastructure, and implementing a policy now called Reaganomics.…

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    people are a little reluctant to oppose anything that suggests medical care for people who possibly can’t afford it." Reagan is well known for supply-side, "Reaganomics", an economic philosophy that suggests that reducing government spending, tax rates, and cutting regulation will result in increased economic growth. The main purpose of Reaganomics was to reduce the growth of government spending, reduce the federal income tax and capital gains tax, reduce government regulation, and tighten the…

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    cutting taxes to nearly 25 percent. He was also instrumental in appointing the first female Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor. Besides this, be started a war against the drugs, The economic policies that Reagan started in 1981 are known as Reaganomics. He endeavored to encourage entrepreneurship and limit the growth of social spending. In addition…

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    “All of us have grown up accepting with little question certain images as accurate portraits of public figures—some living, some dead. Very seldom if ever do we ever ask if the images are true to the original.” ~Ronald Reagan Very few figures in American history are as studied and scrutinized as Ronald Reagan. Reagan was elected to the presidency in a crucial period in American history; a recession threatened American prosperity and the Soviet Union’s aggressive expansion threatened the…

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    Reaganomics focuses on tax reductions and promotes the usage of a free market. Reagan got this idea from Arthur Laffer, an economist who created the supply-side theories. George H.W. Bush during his 1980 Republican Primary said Reaganomics policies would never actually work in the real world. Reagan increased spending on the United States defence. He built up the military…

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    The Vietnam War was an event in which Americans began to question their government’s decision making process. The war started out as US trainers assisting South Vietnam, and then devolved into open American combat. Tens of thousands of deaths would result. People began to question why so many of their loved ones were dying for a war on the other side of the planet that did not affect them. Lack of action by the government after World War II to combat the degradation of the environment angered…

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    The media’s effect of the Affordable Care Act has caused quite a stir in the government and the United States. The Affordable Care Act, referred to as “ObamaCare”, is a federal healthcare law aimed to increase the number of people covered under health insurance. Even from the beginning of the Affordable Care Act, the media geared towards Republican’s would publish articles and news story’s speaking of President Obama’s overhaul of this bill forcing it to be signed by Congress. This wasn’t the…

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