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03-30-2007, 03:26 PM #25Junior Member
What Would Reagan Do?
What would Reagan do?
Reagan's policies in the "War on Drugs" emphasized imprisonment for drug offenders while cutting funding for addiction treatment. This resulted in a dramatic increase in the U.S. prison population for victimless drug crimes.
Reagan's first official act was to terminate oil price controls
he managed to push across-the-board tax cuts in 1981, although in 1982 and 1983 he signed tax increases
In order to cover the federal budget deficit, the United States borrowed heavily both domestically and abroad, and by the end of Reagan's second term the national debt held by the public rose from 26% of Gross Domestic Product in 1980 to 41% in 1989, the highest level since 1963. By 1988, the debt totaled $2.6 trillion. The country owed more to foreigners than it was owed, and the United States moved from being the world's largest international creditor to the world's largest debtor nation.
Reagan did make some good speeches, and I givce him credit for creating a national unity we simply do NOT see anymore, but he had many faults...I left out all the countries he sold weapons to...LOL, but Reagan is a guy I liked anyway for the fact he inspired when he spoke, and he brought about a unity I wish we still had. RIP president Reagan.
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