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“At a time in our country’s history when the American people needed a principled leader to inspire a nation and protect us from harm, we were blessed to have President Ronald Reagan.
Ronald Reagan reminded us so eloquently that ‘Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on…
’President Ronald Reagan will have an everlasting influence on America and the destiny of our Republic. In his Farewell Speech in 1989 he stated: ‘Government has an important role in helping develop a country’s economic foundation. But the critical test is whether government is genuinely working to liberate individuals by creating incentives to work, save, invest, and succeed.’
As we face today’s challenges, we need to keep in mind the words of President Ronald Reagan. Never in recent history has there been a more influential person on the United States of America, and in turn, my own personal political positions, than President Ronald Reagan.”
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Not to take away or add anything to this article. Just want to mention how nicely it is written. It honors the former President at a time when we recognize his 100th year birthday anniversary.
Was that the same Ronald Reagan that traded weapons with terrorists? Or the one that allowed the CIA to smuggle cocaine into the U.S. to finance illegal wars in Central America resulting in millions of deaths and millions more illegals coming to the U.S.? Or the one that granted asylum to thousands of illegals, opening the door for millions more? Or the one that inherited a budget surplus and turned it into a deficit? Or th eone that raised taxes 6 times?
Boy based on his track record he could have been a card carrying member of the "best commission ever".
No it was the one who implemented sweeping new political and economic initiatives. His supply-side economic policies, dubbed "Reaganomics," advocated reducing tax rates to spur economic growth, controlling the money supply to reduce inflation, deregulation of the economy, and reducing government spending. In his first term he survived an assassination attempt, took a hard line against labor unions, and ordered military actions in Grenada. He was reelected in a landslide in 1984, proclaiming it was "Morning in America." His second term was primarily marked by foreign matters, such as the ending of the Cold War, the bombing of Libya, and the revelation of the Iran-Contra affair. Publicly describing the Soviet Union as an "evil empire,"[1] he supported anti-Communist movements worldwide and spent his first term forgoing the strategy of détente by ordering a massive military buildup in an arms race with the USSR. Reagan negotiated with Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, culminating in the INF Treaty and the decrease of both countries' nuclear arsenals.
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