Word: reaganism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...looked for contemporary types on which to build the characters. Jack was the dreamer, the creative type. For Little Red I wanted a compulsive over-eater. The hardest was Cinderella because she is so boring. I kept thinking Nancy Reagan...Nancy Reagan. The Baker and His Wife are a couple from Brooklyn... The Princes, definitely womanizers...
...Ronald Reagan expanded the economy and avoided deadlock on spending cuts...
...Reagan did what he could to help the American economy. He pursued policies that were certain to increase government revenues--and that were certain to pass. By avoiding deadlock on spending cuts, Reagan ensured himself political clout for his economic growth programs...
George Bush--expected to be a Reaganomics disciple--proved himself more similar to Carter than to Reagan. Bush didn't continue the program of low taxes and decreased government intervention that had produced years of growth. Instead, he reverted to raising income taxes and wound up in a recession. The economic downturn would have been worse if not for Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan, who kept interest rates and inflation...
...President should learn from a man whom he claims to emulate in style if not in practice: Ronald Reagan. The growth in the 1980's speaks for itself. In a recent New York Times op-ed piece, Reagan laid out a lesson for the current president: "But let us remember that deficits are caused by spending. By the very terms of our Constitution, only Congress has the power to spend [or cut spending...