Did the policies of the Reagan administration strengthen or weaken the United States?

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Did the policies of the Reagan administration strengthen or weaken the United States?

 

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Ronald Reagan restored a neglected U.S. military and bridged our alliances,leading in the eventual defeat and fall of the Soviet Union. He had a vision that America would be back to doing great things. His goal was not to just heal our economy but to make America have growth in jobs and being the investment leader of the world. He spoke of changed and executed that. He redesigned the taxation system to make it equal for everyone. He dropped the tax rate from 70% to 28%. He reduced non-defense spending and subsidies and price controls. He included welfare cuts decreasing the number of state employees,and halting radical student protesters. Some of President Ronald Reagan’s’ budget cuts weakened the lower and middle classes his presidency ultimately did strengthen the United States as a result of Reaganomics his role in ending the Cold War and changing the ways of the government to better serve the people. The economy recovery tax of 1981 was a start,he believed the solution to problems was trust. He was the first president to write to a Soviet leader which lead to Reagan and Gorbachev meeting five times,which lead to the Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Overall I feel he did a pretty good job in turning things around for the country.