Ronald Reag The Great Communicator

Reagan was willing to lift the morale of the country, inject optimism and lead to victory in the cold war against communism. To do so, he decided to show his mandate in the recovery of the economic welfare. He made it very clear in the speech of his inauguration: “It is my intention to curb the size and influence of the Federal government.” and averred that the secret to America’s wealth was that “here in this land we unleashed the energy and individual genius of man.” The Reaganite mission to restore popular faith in capitalism and individualism as social norms made substantial head ways in the 1980s, gains for American conservatism that liberals have not succeeded in reversing. Reagan is part of a select group of political leaders, including Thomas Jefferson and W. Wilson, whose names because watchwords for political creeds and stances toward Reagan was indeed the guy for the job as his ideals and promises couldn 't been more like what the people wanted.

Throughout his farewell address, President Reagan showcased some wonderful improvements to our nation of freedom. He referred to two triumphs in his speech, economic recovery and morale. He had an underlining theme in this section of his speech. It was a theme of common sense, and we had seen these two great triumphs because of our common sense! In regards to the economy he said, "when you put a big tax on something, the people will produce less of it. So we cut the people 's tax rates, and the people produced more than ever before." Then he used a simile of a plant being cut back and growing back healthy to describe the economy. In regards to morale, he mentioned that peace could only become reality when we were seen as strong and powerful. The result of these two triumphs was not only a changed nation, but a changed world. Unfortunately, the increase in the pride of America from within and globally was fairly short lived as described by blogger Jennifer Mercieca, "Reagan succeeded in improving

Reagan’s policies and practices on planning required the administration as well as Reagan to set objectives and to determine what course of action would be needed to achieve those objectives. President Reagan’s term indicated to time when there were numbers of Americans living below the poverty level, his goal was to expand economic prosperity. In order to be successful in the economic expansion, the president had the strategic plan to input the largest marginal tax cut in American history that the media referred to as Reaganomics. Reagan deemed that a tax cut of this nature would finally spawn more returns for the federal government, thus “this new spending would stimulate the economy and create new jobs” (Reaganomics, 2008-2014).

Imagine, being the President of the United States of America, you are in charge of everything in the nation, being responsible for the well-being of your country. And imagine being on the verge of nuclear war with the Soviet Union and only having six minutes to decide whether or not civilization as we know it could continue. This is the type of stress Ronald Reagan was under almost every day of his eight year presidency.

The United States during the mid to late 70’s was in a constant state of alert; millions of citizens waiting for the piercing sounds of the air raid sirens to slice through the night air. America was in need of a leader, someone who could unify a divided country and save it from crushing economic failure. One man saw his need and stood up to the task, his name is President Ronald Reagan. Reagan rose to power as President during one of the most critical periods in not only American history, but also, World history: The arms standoff of the cold war. His actions as a unifier in the homeland and as a diplomat in foreign halls changed the way Americans and citizens of the world lived their lives.

“The Reagan Revolution was an effort to scale back the scope of government, lower taxes, and reinvigorate the Cold War.” (Voices of Freedom, pg. 321). He proved that reducing excessive tax rates encourages growth, increases economic activity, and boosts tax revenues. Reagan said, “I believe we, the Americans of today, are ready to act worthy of ourselves, ready to do what must be done to ensure happiness and liberty of ourselves, our children, and our children’s children…of freedom and a beacon of hope for those who do not now have freedom.” (Voice of Freedom, 323) He accomplished and helped the economy tremendously. I truly believe that he made United States of America a better place for us to settle

Lindsay Taxier Mr. Unger English III 4 March 2016 Hollywood Meets the White House Ronald Reagan became President while America was suffering the shocks of an economic and international crisis. Prior to Reagan taking Presidency in 1981, he was a Hollywood movie actor, television host, radio sports announcer, and Governor of California (Reagan). President Reagan grew up in a poor family with an alcoholic father.

Although many people have a very positive outlook and perspective on Ronald Reagan’s bold motives, he was a risk-taker and many people disagreed with his plan of actions. Despite lowering the poverty rates, the Reagan Administration set records for budget deficits. After scrutinizing President Carter for acquiring a $50 billion deficit, Reagan’s personal deficits exceeded $200 billion. He quadrupled the national debt in only a matter of eight years. Even though many Republicans blamed Congress for the deficits, all eight of the budgets Congress passed had less spending and smaller deficits than the budgets proposed by Reagan. James Tobin had this to say about Reagan’s leadership: “The awful truth is that Reaganomics was a fraud from the beginning. The moral of it’s failures and of it’s legacies is that a nation pays a heavy price when it entrusts its government and economy to simplistic ideologues—however smooth their performances on television. (James Tobin, 1988, pg. 103) Despite bringing poverty rates down, Reagan managed to increase the nation’s deficit by an all-time. Opposed to his bold decision-making, his standards of taking risks counteracted his main objective of decreasing the nation’s poverty.

Although many people have a very positive outlook and perspective on Ronald Reagan’s bold motives, he was a risk-taker and many people disagreed with his plan of actions. Despite lowering the poverty rates, the Reagan Administration set records for budget deficits. After scrutinizing President Carter for acquiring a $50 billion deficit, Reagan’s personal deficits exceeded $200 billion. He quadrupled the national debt in only a matter of eight years. Even though many Republicans blamed Congress for the deficits, all eight of the budgets Congress passed had less spending and smaller deficits than the budgets proposed by Reagan. James Tobin had this to say about Reagan’s leadership: “The awful truth is that Reaganomics was a fraud from the beginning. The moral of it’s failures and of it’s legacies is that a nation pays a heavy price when it entrusts its government and economy to simplistic ideologues—however smooth their performances on television. (James Tobin, 1988, pg. 103) Despite bringing poverty rates down, Reagan managed to increase the nation’s deficit by an all-time. Opposed to his bold decision-making, his standards of taking risks counteracted his main objective of decreasing the nation’s poverty.

One of the many accomplishments of Reagan and why he had the biggest influence on the United States was because of Reaganomics. Reaganomics was this idea of controlling inflation and spurring economic growth through tax cuts, reduced growth in government spending, and reduced business regulation (Graphiq Inc. Editors).

In the early 1980s, the American people elected Ronald Reagan as President of the United States of America. Many people claim that Reagan was one of the greatest presidents of all time, while others believe that the country would have been much better off had Reagan never been elected. Regardless of their political preferences, it is undeniable that Ronald Reagan changed the world in the 1980s and his work as president will be forever remembered in the countless books of history. Ronald Reagan ran as a Republican and was the absolute epitome of a conservative. He worked to bring forth the ideal of conservatism in America and successfully captured and isolated that belief in the presidency. As president, Reagan worked to bring the ideal of American exceptionalism back to the country, to set the economy on the right track, and to end the Communist threat that had been present since the end of World War II. For all practical purposes, Ronald Reagan was a president who accomplished more than he set forth to do and did so famously; some would say infamously. Nevertheless, Reagan accomplished more in his eight year presidency than most presidents of the 20th Century. He is widely hailed as the man who ended the Cold War and will forever be remembered as the man who led to the conservative resurgence in America. He was a man of profound ability and charisma and America is better off for having Reagan as the Commander-in-Chief during the latter portion of the 20th

As the creator of Reaganomics, former president Ronald Reagan was elected to office in the year 1981. Reagan was extremely focused on strengthening the economy of the United States while also preventing the government from being overly involved in the daily lives of the American people. He was the former governor of California; during that time he had many issues with creating an effective budget. There were many attempts to fix the budget but it only hurt the California economy even more. Reagan also had issues socially with the Black Panther Party and young college students. Although, he had many issues as governor that did not stop Mr. Reagan from running for president of the United States, he strongly disagreed with President Ford and that pushed him harder to run and win. Reagan effectively addresses the people of America in his first inaugural address through appeal to unity, appeal to patriotism and appeal to ethos with historic American references.

After barely winning a second term of governorship in California, Reagan set his sights on the presidency. When he decided to fully go for it in 1976 he ran into an obstacle: Gerald Ford. Reagan did not want to wait so he gave a harsh critique of Gerald’s policies from a conservative viewpoint. After losing that election the preparation for the election of 1980 began immediately. Many factors helped him become a appealing candidate and he became the 40th president. His hope filled speeches and his willingness to change his views to represent the people were large factors that helped him win. Hours

President Reagan wanted America to govern itself. He felt that when some prosper it would trickle down to all. He especially did not believe in big government spending programs. With his less government views

Well, born again Christians were becoming more vocal in the 70’s. Pat Robertson, Falwell, Jim and Tammy Fay Baker. They had a lot of followers and money and they were conservative in their views. Abortion, feminism, homosexuality and the separation of church and state were all fought over. The right was for traditional values of the bible, against abortion, gays and some views of feminism. Reagan supported the same conservative views so he gathered much of their support. It also allowed him to tap into the financial support of this branch.