Reagan followed his 1981 tax cuts with the Tax Reform Act of 1986, which sought to eliminate deductions, lower marginal rates for the wealthy, and significantly raise taxes on those earning less than $ 50, 000 In 1982 Reagan agreed to a rollback of corporate tax cuts and a smaller rollback of individual income tax cuts.

In 1981, Reagan significantly reduced the maximum tax rate, which affected the highest income earners, and lowered the top marginal tax rate from 70 % to 50 %; in 1986 he further reduced the rate to 28 %.

These programs were undercut significantly by the Global Gag Rule, an initiative put in place by President Ronald Reagan, suspended by President Bill Clinton, and re-instated by President George W. Bush.

In 1981, following the election of US President Ronald Reagan, aid for the mujahideen through Zia's Pakistan significantly increased, mostly due to the efforts of Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson and CIA officer Gust Avrakotos.

With the arrival of the Reagan administration, the Heritage Foundation and other conservative foreign policy think tanks saw a political opportunity to significantly expand Carter's Afghanistan policy into a more global " doctrine ," including U. S. support to anti-communist resistance movements in Soviet-allied nations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

The foundation took a leading role in the conservative movement during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, whose policies drew significantly from Heritage's policy study Mandate for Leadership.

However, imagining and considering reasons for why Reagan or Mondale would win the debate did significantly affect predictions.

Evidence shows the use and abuse of illegal recreational drugs significantly declined during the Reagan presidency.

Ronald Reagan is credited with increasing spending on national defense and diplomacy which contributed to the end of the Cold War, deploying U. S. Pershing II missiles in West Germany in response to the Soviet stationing of SS-20 missiles near Europe, negotiating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty ( INF ) to substantially reduce nuclear arms and initiating negotiations with the Soviet Union for the treaty that would later be known as START I, proposing the Strategic Defense Initiative, a controversial plan to develop a missile defense system, re-appointing monetarists Paul Volcker and ( later ) Alan Greenspan to be chairmen of the Federal Reserve, ending the high inflation that damaged the economy under his predecessors Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford, lowering tax rates significantly ( under Reagan, the top personal tax bracket dropped from 70 % to 28 % in 7 years ) and leading a major reform of the tax system, providing arms and other support to anti-communist groups such as the Contras and the mujahideen, selling arms to foreign allies such as Taiwan, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq ( see Iran – Iraq War ), greatly escalating the " war on drugs " with his policies and Nancy Reagan's " Just Say No " campaign, ordering the April 14, 1986 bombing of Tripoli and Benghazi in retaliation for an April 5 bombing of a West Berlin nightclub frequented by U. S. servicemen, in which the Libyan government was deemed complicit, and signing the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 which compensated victims of the Japanese American Internment during World War II.

On January 5, 1987, Reagan underwent surgery for prostate cancer which caused further worries about his health, but which significantly raised the public awareness of this " silent killer.

East-West tensions increased during the first term of U. S. President Ronald Reagan ( 1981 – 1985 ), reaching levels not seen since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis as Reagan increased US military spending to 7 % of the GDP.

In response to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, the Reagan administration in the U. S. increased arming and funding of the Mujahideen thanks in large part to the efforts of Charlie Wilson and CIA officer Gust Avrakotos.

Reagan increased financial aid for Liberia, from the $ 20 million it had been in 1979, to $ 75 million, and later $ 95 million per year.

GDP per working-age adult, which had increased at only a 0. 8 % annual rate during the Carter administration, increased at a 1. 8 % rate during the Reagan administration.

The increase in productivity growth was even higher: output per hour in the business sector, which had been roughly constant in the Carter years, increased at a 1. 4 % rate in the Reagan years.

The US tended to favor the Afghan resistance forces led by Ahmed Shah Massoud, and US support for Massoud's forces increased considerably during the Reagan administration in what US military and intelligence forces called " Operation Cyclone ".

Funding for RFE / RL increased during the Reagan Administration.

" However, increased defense spending in the era of President Ronald Reagan was seen by some to have brought the MIC back into prominence.

This buildup was accelerated by the Reagan administration, which increased the military spending from 5. 3 percent of GNP in 1981 to 6. 5 percent in 1986, the largest peacetime defense buildup in United States history.

This act increased support for military deployment, overseen by Reagan, which stood in place until the later accords between Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev.

By the US Presidential election in 1980, that number had increased to 1, 000 active clubs, helping Reagan win 98 of 105 mock elections and recruiting thousands of voters.

The annual rate of listing ( i. e., classifying species as " threatened " or " endangered ") increased steadily from the Ford administration ( 47 listings, 15 per year ) through Carter ( 126 listings, 32 per year ), Reagan ( 255 listings, 32 per year ), George H. W. Bush ( 231 listings, 58 per year ), and Clinton ( 521 listings, 65 per year ) before decline to its lowest rate under George W. Bush ( 60 listings, 8 per year as of 5 / 24 / 08 ).

The annual rate of recovery plan completion increased steadily from the Ford administration ( 4 ) through Carter ( 9 ), Reagan ( 30 ), Bush I ( 44 ), and Clinton ( 72 ), but declined under Bush II ( 16 per year as of 9 / 1 / 06 ).

It increased the powers of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and implemented some of the suggestions from The Packard Commission, commissioned by President Ronald Reagan in 1985.

Although he was on the losing side, Laxalt's national profile increased dramatically as a result of his efforts on behalf of Reagan.

In foreign affairs, Reagan initially rejected détente and directly confronted the Soviet Union through a policy of " peace through strength ", including increased military spending, firm foreign policies against the USSR and, in what came to be known as the Reagan Doctrine, support for anti-communist rebel movements in Afghanistan, Angola, Cambodia, Nicaragua and elsewhere.

However, when former U. S. president Ronald Reagan died in June, The Toronto Star reported that Reagan's death increased chances that Bush would win re-election.

After years of extensive lobbying for federal dollars, a 1987 public works bill appropriating funding for the Big Dig was passed by U. S. Congress, but it was subsequently vetoed by President Ronald Reagan as being too expensive.

In particular, the Reagan administration engaged in a campaign to alter public opinion on the contras which has been denoted as " white propaganda ".

However, since the contras failed to win widespread popular support or military victories within Nicaragua, since opinion polls indicated that a majority of the U. S. public was not supportive of the contras, since the Reagan administration lost much of its support regarding its contra policy within Congress after disclosure of CIA mining of Nicaraguan ports, and since a report of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research commissioned by the State Department found Reagan's allegations about Soviet influence in Nicaragua " exaggerated ", Congress cut off all funds for the contras in 1985 by the third Boland Amendment.

During the time congress blocked funding for the contras, the Reagan government engaged in a campaign to alter public opinion and change the vote in congress on contra aid.

Former President George W. Bush said that Kemp " will be remembered for his significant contributions to the Reagan Revolution and his steadfast dedication to conservative principles during his long and distinguished career in public service.

This Super Bowl was unique in that it fell on the same day that he was inaugurated for a second term ; because January 20 fell on a Sunday, Reagan was sworn in privately and the public ceremony took place the following day.

In November 1986 as the sale of weapons was made public, North was fired by President Ronald Reagan, and in July 1987 he was summoned to testify before televised hearings of a joint Congressional committee formed to investigate Iran-Contra.

Redecorations were made to the private family quarters and maintenance was made to public areas during the Reagan years.

Albert's successor, Democrat Tip O ' Neill, was a prominent Speaker because of his public opposition to the policies of President Ronald Reagan.

US President Ronald Reagan said: ' The American people share in the loss of a voice of wisdom and humanity who, with eloquence and gentle wit, brought to the problems of today the experience of a long life of public service.

He became a champion of public television, acquiring many awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Reagan, the Linus Pauling Medal for Humanitarianism, the 1988 Eisenhower Medal for Leadership and Service

In 1981 President Ronald Reagan, after public sector union PATCO or Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization ( 1968 ) went on strike illegally, he fired them and the action caused the dissolution of the union.

One of Bradley's last public appearances was at the festivities surrounding the inauguration of President Ronald Reagan in January 1981.

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is a public airport located south of downtown Washington, D. C., in Arlington County, Virginia.

Former President of the United States Ronald Reagan occupied a penthouse on the 34th floor for several years after leaving public office.

They married in 1940 and divorced in June 28, 1948, before Reagan ran for public office.

A recluse, Wyman made only a few public appearances in her last years in part due to suffering from diabetes and arthritis, although she did attend her daughter Maureen's funeral in 2001 after the latter's death from cancer ( Ronald Reagan was unable to attend due to his Alzheimer's Disease ), as well as the funeral of her friend Loretta Young.

Regan was eventually forced to resign because he was unable to contain the continuing political damage being done to President Reagan by public exposure of the Iran / contra scandal.

Corporatisation of public services as a means to permit government-owned public utilities to operate more along the lines of private sector business was an approach that was beginning to gather interest at the time from several governments-the US and UK governments under Reagan and Thatcher being prime movers.

Muskie left public office following Carter's loss of the 1980 presidential election to Ronald Reagan, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Carter on January 16, 1981.

After Ronald Reagan was elected President in 1980, FOE led the opposition to Interior secretary James G. Watt's efforts to sell and lease public lands in the West and develop land adjacent to the National Parks.