Word: reaganism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Ronald Reagan acted differently. He recognized that the deficit was a growing problem, but had the judgment to realize that it was a problem of spending, not of revenue. Reagan, a realist, knew that Congress members--whose main goals were re-election--would resist any spending cuts the administration proposed...
...Under Reagan, the deficit didn't shrink--in fact, it grew. But blaming Reagan for the soaring deficit isn't entirely just; only Congress can cut spending...
...Reagan worked to spur expansion, lowering taxes and giving Uncle Sam less involvement in the lives of Americans...
...part of the bureau's director have pushed the organization into a state of near mutiny. The director is locked in a contentious fight to keep his job, a battle that may be resolved as early as this week. Antagonism toward Sessions, who was appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1988 and serves at the pleasure of the President, flared into public view last month after the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility issued a 161-page report finding that Sessions has abused the privileges of his job. The charges range from the serious (not paying taxes on business travel...
Walsh disclosed that both former White House chief of staff Donald Regan and former Secretary of State George Shultz would have testified at the trial that President Reagan knew about a possibly illegal arms-for-hostage shipment of Hawk missiles to Iran in November 1985. Walsh's report, peppered with newly released notes, insisted that Weinberger helped cover up the truth. Not so, said Weinberger's lawyer, who labeled the report "a work of fiction...