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2017 is no 1986 when it comes to tax reform

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Sep 27, 2017
The ingredients used 30 years ago to rewrite the code don't exist today, including shared principles.
President Donald Trump speaks about tax reform at the Indiana Farm Bureau today in Indianapolis.
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From Reagan to Trump: How the Heritage Foundation has influenced policy

by Kai Ryssdal
May 3, 2017
The president has relied on the conservative think tank for guidance, but its ideas can be traced to health care and welfare reform.
The Heritage Foundation's role in the conservative movement goes back to the 1970s, says Atlantic writer Molly Ball. Above, George W. Bush speaks to the foundation in 2007.
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What happened when an industry-friendly EPA leader in the '80s went too far

by Scott Tong
May 2, 2017
Anne Gorsuch's goal was to rein in the young agency during the anti-regulatory Reagan era.
In 1981, Ronald Reagan tapped conservative Anne Gorsuch to run the EPA. She oversaw a one-quarter budget cut at the agency, and enforcement cases by investigators plummeted.
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EPA attacks harken back to Reagan era

by Scott Tong
Mar 10, 2017
1980s' push to deregulate the agency resembles the Trump administration's plans.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt holds up an an agency baseball hat as he addresses employees at the agency's Washington, D.C., headquarters in February.
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"Reaganomics" with Chinese characteristics

by Rob Schmitz
Mar 4, 2016
"Supply-side reform" is the buzzword as China convenes its legislature.
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The economy and elections: Ghosts of the past

by Mitchell Hartman
Feb 28, 2012
We look back at three big economic issues that have swayed elections in recent memory.
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MID-DAY UPDATE: You've got mail, Huffington Post, tough times in Tunisia, Reaganomics and 2011

by Katharine Crnko
Feb 7, 2011
AOL is buying The Huffington Post for $315 million in a merger it hopes will move the company away from dial-up modems and towards new media and...
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