【美国人物志】罗纳德·威尔逊·里根 (7/9)

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罗纳德·威尔逊·里根（Ronald Wilson Reagan 1911年2月6日，伊利诺伊州坦皮科～2004年6月5日，加州洛杉矶贝莱尔），美国政治家，第33任加利福尼亚州州长，第40任总统。他也是一名伟大的演讲家。在踏入政坛前，里根也担任过运动广播员、救生员、报社专栏作家、电影演员、电视节目演员、和励志讲师，并且是美国影视演员协会（Screen Actors Guild）的领导人。他的演说风格高明而极具说服力，被媒体誉为“伟大的沟通者”(The Great Communicator）。历任总统之中，他就职年龄最大。他是历任总统中唯一一位演员出身的总统。
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The president now began work on his main goal to reduce the size of the federal government. He had campaigned on the idea that the government was too costly and interfered too much in the lives of Americans.
Mr.Reagan and Congress reduced taxes and cut spending for social programs. The administration argued that these actions would create economic growth.
Extremely high inflation rates did begin to fall. But the United States' debt rose sharply. This was partly from big increases in military spending.
The Reagan economic policy became known as "Reaganomics." It had, and still has, supporters and opponents. Some people argued that the cuts in social programs greatly hurt poor people. Others said the policy improved the economy.
President Reagan sought re-election in 1984. His Democratic opponent was former Vice-President Walter Mondale. Again Mr. Reagan won the election by a large amount.