Ronald Wilson Reagan, (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). At age 69, he was the oldest person elected President. Before entering politics, Reagan was a popular motion picture actor, head of the Screen Actors Guild, a television actor, an announcer for the Chicago Cubs, and a motivational speaker. His speaking style, which was widely regarded as well-delivered and persuasive, earned Reagan the accolade "The Great Communicator" from the media.

Reagan defeated incumbent President Jimmy Carter to win the election of 1980; his coattails carried in the first Republican-controlled U.S. Senate in 26 years. His economic policy of supply-side economics, popularly known as "Reaganomics", is noted for a 25% cut in the income tax, reduction in inflation, reduction in interest rates, increased military spending, increased deficits and national debt, a temporary solution to the Social Security issue, elimination of loopholes in the tax code, continued deregulation of business, and a sharp recession in 1981-1982 followed by an economic expansion starting in 1982. In other domestic issues he did not succeed in significantly changing social policies such as welfare and abortion during his presidency, but he did create a more conservative federal judiciary through appointments to the United States Supreme Court and other federal courts. The Berlin Wall, and with it ultimately the Soviet Bloc, collapsed in November of 1989, shortly after the end of his second term.

He emphasized his skepticism concerning the ability of the federal government to remedy problems, particularly economic ones. His solution was to withdraw government involvement in planning and control by reducing taxation and regulation in order to allow the putative self-correcting mechanism of the free market to assert itself. He said on his day of inauguration, "government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem."

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ouktazaun (irene young) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:44:37 -0000
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I will when I can. Write about the Vietnam conflict. Or the Iran-Contra affair. #Jessy Woods
calypto (Jessy Woods) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:49:15 -0000
I will when I can. Write about the Vietnam conflict. Or the Iran-Contra affair. #Jessy Woods
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truthconducive (Cole Williams) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:57:03 -0000
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lifeismusic1 (Ellie) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:00:20 -0000
oh shit the stupid iran-contra affair. grr.
let's start with the Iran Contra affair. as @ALBDamn pointed out yesterday the arms & drugs scandal negatively impacted Blacks in the US.
gapconsulting (GAP Consulting) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:51:19 -0000
let's start with the Iran Contra affair. as @ALBDamn pointed out yesterday the arms & drugs scandal negatively impacted Blacks in the US.

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