Ronald Regan

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The fortieth president Ronald Regan was a man of great character. He helped to lead the country into one of the longest times of peace and prosperity with out depression that it has ever known. He served two terms as a president and worked closely with all of the branches of the government to move and pass legislature that helped to strengthen the country.
President Regan was born in 1911 on February 6th in Tampico, Illinois. He went to a local high school and then moved to Eureka College. In college he studied both sociology and economics and also played football and acted in school plays. Soon he became an actor and preformed in 53 three films over the next two decades. He married and had two kids however he divorced her and got married to an actor by the name of Nancy Davis. They had two children as well. While he was acting Regan became very interested as well as involved in politics, in which he shifted his views form a liberal to a conservative. He toured the country telling people about his views and soon ran for the governor position in California. He won the election in 1966 by a million votes and was then re-elected in 1970. In 1980 Regan was chosen to be the Republican presidential candidate. He won the election by a significant margin due to his great character and love for the county. The people knew that they could trust this man to lead their country and they were right as well.
Regan worked closely with all branches of the government to pass legislation dealing with economic growth as well as curbing inflation, increasing employment, and strengthening national defense. He cut back taxes and helped the poor people of the country even though his work on national defense brought a large deficit to the government. Regan loved the people and had done so well that he was re-elected with out any competition. Again Regan helped out the poor of the country by working on the income taxes to reduce deductions so that many of the poor became exempted.
Dealing with foreign policy Regan sought peace. During his two terms he looked to improve relations with the communist Soviet Union as well as improve the national defense. Regan successfully made a peace treaty that eliminated a lot of the nuclear missiles that the Soviets and the US had pointed at each other. Regan also helped by keeping the oil transportation open during the Iran-Iraq war.
Regan was a very good man of character that loved the people of the United States and looked to keep the country safe form harm. He also worked with and kept the different branches of the government together so that they could achieve the massive amounts that he did. As a president he tried to stay bi-partisan and looked for the good of the country in everything that he did. According to whitehouse.gov the years of Regan “saw restoration of prosperity, and the goal of peace through strength seemed to be within grasp.”