###### [[Western Civ Textbook]] **Covers**:: **Last Edited**:: *7:35 AM - July 08, 2022* - It was much easier to promise small-[[government]] as a candidate than president. (1106) - Cut food stamps by 4% - continued subsidies for corporations and agribusiness - called welfare for the rich - Economic recovery after the 1982 crash was partially due to [[government|govt]] spending and lower interest rates and partially due to lower tax rates(1106) - Mondale was honest about raising taxes. [[Reagan]] lied and said he would never approve a tax increase, but he did (1107) - Tax [[Reform]] Act (1986) - reduced tax brackets from 14 to 2 (15% and 28%) (1108) - [[Reagan]] and Aides blamed [[congress]], despite the fact that [[congress]] pass whatever budget he gave to them (1108) - "'The Great Expansion', and unprecedented, twenty-year long burst of productivity and prosperity." (1108) - Bill [[Bill Clinton]] was committed to winning back middle-class white-people who had voted for republicans in the 80s (1124) - Perot was was a billionaire with criticism for Reaganomics that won 19 percent of the popular vote (1123)