Highest debt ever! Rich are getting richer!.Reagan’s Recession, Recovery, & Fiscal Crisis Encourage speculation in market trading (reality = corruption).Develop reserved wildlife lands and wetlands.Decrease regulations on EPA standards, workplace safety and consumer protection!.Methods of increasing productivity during the Reagan years No distinction between earned and unearned income (inheritance/gifting income usually taxed at a higher rate)ĭ.capital gains tax from 25% to 20% (when you are investing, the profits that you make will now be taxed at a lower rate) Resulting in more people to tax on income.
hire employees, therefore, putting more money into the economy.Industry will then have more money to:.Consumers will then benefit from a greater supply of goods and services at lower prices.Increase production by decreasing taxes and deregulating industries, not by cutting spending.of California Decreased state welfare Decreased state employees Income on tax revenues shared w/local gov’t Spoke out against student protesters during V. Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)įrom Illinois Actor turned politician anticommunist Gov. Landslide win Supported by “moral majority” and Jesse Helms Voter turn out – about 50% F. US allows shah entry into US due to cancer treatment = hostage situation Current: Ali Khamene’i.Overthrow of Shah Phalavi by fundamentalists.Shah Phalavi American Hostages Ayatollah Khomeini Return of the Sinai Peninsula stop Israeli settlements in the Sinai but continued in other disputed areas Sadat assassinated: killed by an Egyptian extremist Begin, Carter, el-Sadat D. Foreign Policy & “Moral Principles”Įgypt recognizes Israel's rights to exist Shared Nobel Peace prize amongst Begin and Sadat. Africa CIA reforms: too much corruption Camp David Accords (see next slide) Return of Panama Canal 2000 to Panama C. No economic support for violations of human rights Brazil Argentina Chile S. Started with Ford, ended with Carter Not ratified by US due to SU invasion of Afghanistan B. Decreased productivity, personal savings and skilled workforce.Personal well-being Emotional security Therapy Health and fitness E. Equal Rights AmendmentĪrgument: Crime for state to allow abortions Result: Women have the right to choose Stipulations based on trimester of pregnancy D. Against Gov’t funded day care Reforms establishing educational equity Social services for battered women and single moms Equal Rights Amendment B.
The New Right “Moral majority” Televangelists Jerry Falwell Jesse Helms: ok w/ KKK, segregation, tobacco companies, Watergate, pollution from cars Anti-MLK Becomes Senator of North Carolina II. Florida Everglades Silent Spring: DDT/pesticides Results Earth Day: April 22 Recycling Decreased meat consumption Personal gardens organic Environmental groups E.
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