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...school encourages its professors to serve in government to gain "practical, first-hand experience," Allison says. The school's faculty have occupied a number of significant posts: Deputy Treasury Secretary Richard Darman is a former faculty member; Dillon Professor of International Affairs Joseph S. Nye has served as a deputy undersecretary of state; and Mary Jo Bane, professor of political economy, is a top policy executive in New York's Social Services Department...
...addition to Darman, Professor of Business and Government Roger Porter served as deputy director of the cabinet-level Executive Policy council, and Allison serves as a special, $260-perday consultant to Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger...
Responding to Schlesinger and Bundy, Richard G. Darman '64, deputy secretary of the treasury, drew a parallel between JFK and Reagan. The two had appealing physical qualities and strong leadership skills, he said...
...much happened. But as the time came to prepare his 1984 State of the Union address, which would set the themes for his re-election campaign, Reagan was searching for something positive to say about tax policy. His advisers settled on a strengthened pitch for tax reform. Says Richard Darman, then on the White House staff: "It was a classic offensive issue. We would emphasize fairness, lower rates and simplicity." The White House was careful to avoid specifics, lest it offend voters who might lose tax breaks. Instead, the President announced that he was ordering Donald Regan, then Secretary...
When Regan became White House chief of staff in early 1985, the new team of James Baker and his top assistant, Darman, took over at Treasury and set about producing revised recommendations. Their report, Treasury II, issued in May last year, restored many tax benefits for business. Reagan, ever the salesman who has to sell himself first, had become a zealot for his new cause. He plugged Treasury II in a major TV address ("America, go for it!"), followed by a series of barnstorming speeches around the country.The President derided the complexity of the present tax code by frequently reeling...