American history Quote by Paul Kengor

“Overall, the “Reagan boom” not only produced widespread prosperity but—along with the attendant Soviet collapse—helped generate budget surpluses in the 1990s. Carter-Ford-era terms like…

— Paul Kengor

In his second term, [Ronald] Reagan completed the work of his first term - the rich got really rich, everything was deregulated, advocacy programs…

— Kate Clinton

By the way, my tax cut is the biggest since Ronald Reagan. I'm very proud of it.

— Donald Trump

Ronald Reagan cut taxes to raise the deficit to stop liberals in future years from increasing spending. Obama will raise spending to raise the…

— Dick Morris

During his campaign, [Donald] Trump promised the biggest tax cut since Ronald Reagan's conservative revolution in the 1980s.

— Kelly McEvers

Ladies and gentlemen, the Reagan tax cuts turned the deepest recession since the Great Depression into the largest 20-year economic boom in American history.…

— Rush Limbaugh

After 2003, we lowered taxes across the board. And by 2004, revenue to the federal government grew. In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan cut taxes…

— Pat Toomey

As president, Reagan worked very well with Democrats to do big things. It is true that he worked to reduce the size of government…

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

In the 1980s, Democrats enthusiastically helped President Reagan pass his tax reforms, which made the tax system fairer and more efficient in addition to…

— Kayleigh McEnany

Everything [Ronald Reagan] got, the tax cuts, he had Democrats outnumbering him in the House and Senate everywhere. There were certain realities that he…

— Rush Limbaugh

Maybe that first, gigantic deficit the Reaganites piled up was an accident, just a combination of deluded 'supply side' tax cuts and a huge…

— Thomas Frank

Reagan is held up to us as an example of never raising taxes. Correction: Reagan raised taxes six of his eight years as president.…

— Eugene Jarecki