you wrote how ronald reagan would fix the gop health care mess. his approach to government and insurance, what was it? ronald reagan was in favor of the idea government should provide health insurance or pay for it. the way he talked about it, as early as 19 asked you want, when yet moved to being liberal -- he had moved from being liberal to -- as early as 1961, when he moved from being liberal to conservative. i think what reagan would have -- focus less on saving money and more on providing health care the private market can depend on. he would be in favor of keeping coverage for people with the working poor and the medicaid expansion and focus on deregulation so it was not one size fits all insurance market, but in private insurers could innovate and create better products people could afford. kind of the exact opposite of priorities of the original bill. ronaldsaid earlier reagan had to work with democrats because they controlled the house and senate. in the first two years of the obama presidency he did not need to work with republicans. now

was ronald reagan part of the negotiations? was he immersed in the details, or did he take the 30,000-foot-level approach? henry olsen: he was involved with negotiations with the chair people. there were times when dan rostenkowski came in and he was briefed on his side of negotiations and worked out agreements with what he could do and not do with reagan personally even if his staff was not in the room. but, generally reagan was somebody watching what was happening as opposed to daily negotiating. as the president, he did not have the time to do that. he was involved in particularly with pat wood on the senate side and rostenkowski on the house side. but he made sure there was something coming together he could be supportive of. >> do you think he got it right? henry olsen: by and large, i think he did get it right back then. we went from a top rate of 50% to a top rate of 28%, eliminating most of the unproductive tax shelters. as important, he increased the personal deduction and made other changes that lifted millions of poo

ronald reagan had a stake in their success , ronald reagan had a stake in their success, and he had a stake in there. here is lucas koelle in blaze of glory. ronald reagan would come on and say what they were going to see next. this was usually important for his political career. ronald reagan's mind was tony moore in that direction. by 1963, he reagan's mind was tony moore in that direction. by1963, he had become reagan's mind was tony moore in that direction. by 1963, he had become a republican, and was writing what was to become his political launch memoir, where's the rest of me? universal ad bought a new movie studio, next to what they were building, the black tower. and while filming —— and they were filming mca as the first ever felt for television. don siegel was brought into direct. having two magnificent actors like dean martin and ronald reagan as the killers... but who should play the crime boss? why, ronald reagan. but he had generally been a good guy. so why did he agreed to play a role so completely at odds with his public persona? ronald reagan was working on his m

ronald reagan, same performance. really thought out. he gave the same reactions to the lines and it was really good. browning development corporation. you've come a long way from being an ex mail robber. reagan was actually a mobster pretending to be a legitimate businessman and this could have come back to bite him. but the story gets stranger. in hollywood, businessmen and gangsters have often been closer than you might think. the founders of mca had had to deal with gangsters ever since the company began, booking bands in al capone's chicago. so that makes this scene in the killers, where reagan plays a crook—turned—businessman, even more extraordinary. first of all, look at what lee marvin's wearing. that was the mca agents's uniform, which don siegel deliberately copied for the movie to make his fictional killers look like his real—life bosses. but look closer still. see that model of a new building development clu gulager is messing about with in reagan's office? it's a model of mca's big new development, universal city, cen

ronald reagan, same performance. really thought out. he gave the same reactions to the lines, and it was really good. browning development corporation. you've come a long way, from being an ex—mail robber. reagan was actually a mobster pretending to be a legitimate businessman, and this could have come back to bite him. but the story gets stranger. in hollywood, businessmen and gangsters have often been closer than you might think. the founders of mca had had to deal with gangsters ever since the company began, booking bands in al capone's chicago. so that makes this scene in the killers, where reagan plays a crook—turned—businessman, even more extraordinary. first of all, look at what lee marvin's wearing. that was the mca agents's uniform, which don siegel deliberately copied for the movie to make his fictional killers look like his real—life bosses. but look closer still. see that model of a new building development clu gulager is messing about with in reagan's office? it's a model of mca's big new development, universal city

ronald reagan live every week. donald trump came to office at a time when he harnessed one of the social media outlets, twitter, unfiltered and uses it. what is really different about the two of them is ronald reagan needled the press a lot, treated us as a foil sometimes, but he wasn't afraid of the press and he didn't hate the press. donald trump has demonized the press and called us enemies of the american people. two very different approaches. >> the other thing, doug, is that ronald reagan -- you know, president trump was new to politics, he just was. ronald reagan spent two decades at the center of american politics before he became president. >> exactly. i mean as governor of california in the 1960s we got to watch ronald reagan in action. some people didn't like him, but everybody knew he was a good governor, that he was competent. we could look at his managerial style. he would be very flexible. the big thing is reagan was a conservative, but he also wanted to be seen as a pragmatic conservative. so he did

ronald reagan comes under pressure at home. bruce springsteen had sung at an anti-nuclear concert in central park which i think is the biggest gathering in the united states, and huge demonstrations at hyde park, but no one faced pressure like the germans themselves and the courage they had to stand up, frankly, to stand up to large segments of their own people to insist on remaining part of the west when the temptation to neutrality was so powerful for so many years and also the insistence, the explicit insistence given all of german history on creating a good society. i just think it's one of the most impressive efforts in human history, really. >> all right. all done. >> let me just ask one more question and then open it up to all of you. peter, it's a question that took a little bit of a bank shot, but we live in an era of 140 characters and 24-hour news cycle. do presidential speeches still matter the way they did 30 years ago? could a future president or this president give a speech like the one ronald reagan delivered in

why, ronald reagan. but reagan had generally played a good guy. are you sure you're just thinking of the success of the job? so why did he agree to play a role so completely add odds so completely at odds with his public persona? reagan was working on his memoir, the where's the rest of me and he was busy and i think he was focussed much more at that point for the political. reagan never wanted to play a bad guy. he didn't see himself as a bad guy. he didn't want to do that movie at all. but his friend, lew wasserman, who owned the studio at universal had made him a lot of money so he owed lew big time. big time. i asked him why did he do this movie and he just said immediately, lew wanted me to do it. i mean don't blame me, you know. i like what you're doing with the car, just stick with that. so like an ageing movie gangster doing one last bankjob, the ageing movie actor decided to do one last film. i like it here. reagan later said his fans kept waiting for him to be revealed as good guy. in one shocking scene, he lashes out at his screen wife

this is ronald reagan, president of the united states. i'm speaking to you, the peoples of the soviet union, on the occasion of the new year. let us consequence crate this year to showing not courage for war, but courage for peace. we owe this to mankind. we owe it to our children and their children and generations to come. happy new year. thank you and good bless you. >> cut. >> take that, mr. gorbachev. >> president reagan would like to leave for the summit with a ratified treaty in his pocket, but he hasn't got it yet and the summit is only days away. >> so i think the senate should move as quickly as they can this week. >> that will be a tight squeeze to see if the senate does complete action on that before the president reaches moscow. >> and if he goes there without this treaty being ratified, i would predict that we're going to have a terribly crippled president of the united states. >> usa, usa, usa! >> in the gorbachev era the soviets have become image conscious and looefls nothing to chance, they have hired professional help. me

this is ronald reagan, president of the united states of america. got no history books over there, no things? i am pleased to speak to you on the occasion of -- >> are you okay? >> good evening, everyone. this is ronald reagan. president of the united states of america. i am pleased to speak to you on the occasion of the new year. on behalf of the american people, i wish you all a happy and healthy new year. let's work together to make it a year of peace. there is no better goal for 1986 or for any year. let us look forward to a future of -- for all mankind. thank you. [speaking foreign language]. >> you say it better than i do, but it sounded as if you had a "t" in it. as if you said netva. >> netva. shistia netba. >> stand by. >> let us look forward to a future of shistia niaba for all mankind. thank you. spasiba. >> cut. >> we'll have a postscript. now, how does that figure with all of that crud they've been feeding you? >> i think i told you the story of an old woman who said she wouldn't leave the kremlin until she saw him. he said, "bring her

ronald reagan got that. i gave you a democrat and a republican. i'm just saying we do know from those cuts the economy jumps. is it crazy to think if you're not a fan of trump's taxes and there's a lot we don't know about them, i understand that, but that that it could grow the economy in and of itself? we could do better than the 2, 2.5% growth that we've seen and if we get it up to the numbers that we saw under those presidents, we could be off to the races helping those groups. >> neil, it's not 1960 and it's 1980. >> neil: in 198 -- oh. >> let me finish. you keep interrupting me. let me make my point. >> neil: i will. you just said something wrong. in 1980, they said it wasn't 1960. when we had the big investment tax cuts that bill clinton asked for -- >> can i ask you a question? let me ask you a question. >> neil: go ahead. >> george w. bush cut taxes primarily for the wealthy twice. >> neil: across the board. >> tell me what happened to the economy in that decade? it was the slowest -- >> neil: the market was going in reverse and then i thi

donald trump pulling a ronald reagan. ronald reagan, of course, did so multiple times, dozens of times. even with a few oval office addresses. is that in store for donald trump? we're back in 60. 't disguise ♪ ♪ i've got hungry eyes ♪ applebee's 2 for $20. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. applebee's 2 for $20. if they knew just howers rich they were.ed the average american home value has increased $40,000 over the last 5 years. but many don't know you can access that money without refinancing or selling your home. with a home equity loan, you can pull cash out of your house for anything you need- home improvement, college tuition, even finally getting out of credit card debt. come to lendingtree.com to shop and compare home equity loans right now. because at lendingtree, when banks compete, you win. >> i truly believe that many democrats want to support our plan and with enough encouragement from the american people, they will find the courage to do what is right for our great country. >> neil: all right.

if he would do that -- that separates him from ronald reagan. ronald reagan would not have allowed himself to be distracted like he's being distracted. david: and i don't think you like either reagan on president trump. do you think it's possible. >> i look at pictures of reagan and what we've got now and makes me miss him a little bit. listen, trump gets so distracted as rich was saying, over the weekend, we had the third try on obamacare appeal and he's tweeted about the nfl. listen, he could do some rallies, but i don't think he has the ability to do any rallies outside of indiana and alabama. and so, he's got to broaden his-- he's got to be a president for the whole country. david: he has been doing rally, mike. what ronald reagan did, i understand there were only three networks back then and now we've got a gazillion of them. we've compared trump's speech with reagan's speech, maybe that's not fair. there are certain times that trump does speak clearly and simply what he wants to do. let's play a clip. >> i'm doing the right thing, it's not

but it's a scenario that belongs in hollywood. >> we have in ronald reagan a trigger-happy president who is all too prone to use force, who looks upon force as the first resort, not the last resort. >> the president tonight didn't make clear just why the soviets should not view his proposal as a warning. moscow may see tonight's address as both destabilizing and provocative. >> the press conference demanding i cancel the underground nuclear test. that's due today, isn't it? >> it's supposed to take place at 11:40 our time. >> when i got the call during dinner last night, i said, shoot the button. >> right on. >> there are continuing doubts about mr. reagan that boil down to whether he really runs the government. there are charges he relies too much on his staff, that he's too passive. when he finishes his current trip to california, he won't spend one day on vacation. even when he's working, top administration officials describe a disengaged president who spends one-third of his time shaping policy, two-thirds on ceremony and public relations. >> i think he has a very good mind when

this is ronald reagan, president of the united states. i'm speaking to you, the peoples of the soviet union, on the occasion of the new year. let us consequence crate this year to showing not courage for war, but courage for peace. we owe this to mankind. we owe it to our children and their children and generations to come. happy new year. thank you and god bless you. >> cut. >> take that, mr. gorbachev. >> president reagan would like to leave for the summit with a ratified treaty in his pocket, but he hasn't got it yet and the summit is only days away. >> so i think the senate should move as quickly as they can this week. >> that will be a tight squeeze to see if the senate does complete action on that before the president reaches moscow. >> and if he goes there without this treaty being ratified, i would predict that we're going to have a terribly crippled president of the united states. >> usa, usa, usa! >> in the gorbachev era the soviets have become image conscious and leaves nothing to chance, they have hired professional help. meet

ronald reagan, 383,000 and george h.w. bush 136,000. enough people? anthony: it depends on what you want to do. certainly not enough people in the research rooms. it was difficult for me to self-fund all of these trips and to spend time in the research rooms. but it also depends on what -- as a system what do we want the system to do? do we want it to be a place to attract tourists or a place 20 preserve and make available the records of the presidency. brian: are these funds tax deductible? anthony: they are not. brian: why not? anthony: as far as donations? it would depend on how they set it up, if it's a nonprofit, then yes. brian: and how much do we know about who contributes? anthony: we only know what's voluntarily disclosed by some of the foundations. there is no law that requires disclosure and there is no law that prohibits donations. brian: why do foreign governments give to these presidential libraries, saudi arabia, koreans, kuwaitis, you can go down the list, japan. anthony: i think 2 former presidents either through their own acts, throu

can donald trump pull a ronald reagan and sell this thing. the other thing is ronald reagan was incredibly popular president. donald trump is incredibly unpopular president. our viewers are going nuts because they voted for him. the majority of the country didn't. neil: remember ronald reagan, the assassination attempt garnered support and rallied the country he would have gotten the tax cuts, but not by the margins he did. >> right, what is the last thing we remember donald trump doing, which was last week getting embroiled in take a knee, you see what i'm saying? these are different people. neil: you think in the end he'll get it? >> logic says no only because they gave it -- as i said before, they gave it -- neil: doesn't know. >> no. neil: deneen? >> i don't think so. neil: really? >> i'm optimistic, they cannot come to the plate and strike out again. the gop and congress needs to deliver 100%. >> i hope you're right. >> i hope i'm right, too [ laughter ] . neil: charlie mentioned the whole nfl thing, nfl ticket sales are down, ratings ar

everyone gets up on stage and says, i am ronald reagan. no, i am ronald reagan. [laughter] -- just full disclosure -- i like ronald reagan. what has two thumbs and thinks ronald reagan is awesome? this guy. ronald reagan was put on this earth to do two things -- chew gum and kick ass and he ran out in about 1974. [applause] jonah: but what people do not appreciate about ronald reagan was that yes, ok, fine, here principles. love those principles, he was a conservative. love that. he was also a really good politician, and he understood how to talk to people and persuade them, and this is a huge part of problem with conservatism. and a huge part of the problem with a lot of the campus speakers that conservatives bring to campus these days. again, normally, under normal circumstances, historically, i come to these things and you know, just become a sprinkler system of red meat. tiers areliber delicious, and that stuff. i get it. but there is a problem. for the last decade or two, it has got to a point where first of all, you can make a pretty good living only talkin

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working with people like barry goldwater, writing about ronald reagan, getting to know big buckley. the greet giants of americantive tim. >> host: entitled "just right." >> guest: yes. >> host: we invited you to talk about the cold war. when and how did the cold war begin? >> guest: that's one of the reasons why elizabeth and i wrote this book. elizabeth, our daughter, who is a professor at clermont mckenna college and i'm still teaching at catholic university. both of us teaching foreign policy, national security. we weren't satisfied with the textbooks we saw out there and so we decided we write a history of the cold war, but a brief history, not 500 or 600 page thing but something that could be used in classrooms to educate young people below the cold war, which began way back, young people would say, in 1945, with a meeting between fdr, churchill' stalin, at a place calleddality to. and that began the cold war which continued until 1981. 46 years. one they ever most protracted conflicts in which america hand involved. very important one. somewhat overlooked. people talk about wo

the ronald reagan is nearby. more bombers could be sent. south korea and japan both upping their missile defenses in cooperation with the u.s. but there is no indication kim jong-un is listening. >> translator: we predict that north korea could fire an intercontinental ballistic missile to show they have obtained the means of delivering a nuclear bomb to the united states. >> reporter: so if you do send in more u.s. ships, missiles, aircraft, would any of this change kim jong-un's mind about proceeding with his weapons program? the betting money is it would not. pamela? >> barbara starr, thank you so much for the latest there. meantime, president trump spoke with south korea's president today after tweeting an "i told you so" of sorts after sunday's nuclear test. cnn white house correspondent athina jones joins me now. athina, the president appears to be ramping up pressure on u.s. allies to step in here. >> reporter: that's right, pamela. the president's aides say they've grown tired of what they see as china's soft stance on north korea.

back in the days when i was there with reagan and bush, ronald reagan had a democratic house for his two terms. george bush had a democratic house and democratic senate, and those presidents found ways to work with congress. >> you were the object of a lot of suspicion on the part of the base of the republican party that elected ronald reagan, because he also was someone who challenged the republican establishment, and you were seen as the establishment's man in the white house. those divisions seemed to be even wider today. >> they are wider today. i was the establishment's man in the white house. i had worked for jerry ford. i had run two campaigns against ronald reagan. but you talk about broad gauge. here's a president who goes -- he's so broad gauged, that he can overlook the fact that someone has run two campaigns against him and ask him to be his white house chief of staff. we don't see that anymore. the objective back in those days was to get things done. that always involves, as you well know, having been in there, involves compromise. it involves sitting down and working th

ronald reagan, 383,000 and george h.w. bush 136,000. enough people? anthony: it depends on what you want to do. certainly not enough people in the research rooms. it was difficult for me to self-fund all of these trips and to spend time in the research rooms. but it also depends on what -- as a system what do we want the system to do? do we want it to be a place to attract tourists or a place 20 -- place to preserve and make available the records of the presidency. brian: are these funds tax deductible? anthony: they are not. brian: why not? anthony: as far as donations? it would depend on how they set it up, if it's a nonprofit, then yes. brian: and how much do we know about who contributes? anthony: we only know what's voluntarily disclosed by some of the foundations. there is no law that requires disclosure and there is no law that prohibits donations. brian: why do foreign governments give to these presidential libraries, saudi arabia, koreans, kuwaitis, you can go down the list, japan. anthony: i think the former presidents either through their ,

when it passed to the president's gus, i believe ronald reagan understood if you reward lawbreakers, you get more. he signed that amnesty act. it was crushing to me. they're frustrated to me to t in my kicked a den filing cabinet. timesy let me down two and that was one. and that the cabinet reversed their decision and i have had that conversation and he also regrets they recommended he signed the amnesty act. you cannot reward lawbreakers and restored the respect for the role of law. we do not take that up. it is unconstitutional. it is not a prudent policy and the roads the rule of law. as much compassion as i have for people, i love the role of law. host: steve king is our guest until monday :00. let's get the calls. (202)-748-8000 for democrats. , republicans. .ndependents, (202)-748-8002 we welcome calls if you are an illegal immigrant, use the independent line, (202)-748-8002 . iowa.s terry in good morning. caller: thanks, c-span, for accepting my call and i eve on his stand for will of law. well, so it hely talks about his construction christianhe is a fine that supports our v

but in terms of the tax and the tax strategy that ronald reagan used to create an economic boom in the 1980's, when our economy took off, the middle class thrived, and the family income of all families was increasing more and more and it was a

so back to ronald reagan. when reagan was elected in 1980, america's international prestige was at a low point. domestically, inflation was on the rise and many americans were out of work. adding insult to injury, calls for justice and equality from women's groups, people of color, and gays and lesbians threatened long-standing assumptions of cultural authority. many whites, especially white men, felt attacked and marginalized. throughout this talk, i will give you headlines. we can come back to any point during the q&a if you want me to follow up on something. reagan appealed to disaffected white voters by promising to make america great again. those of you of a certain age can remember that, those of you who are not quite that old, p.s., trump did not make that one up! reagan promised jobs, a strong military, strong support for policies to end abortion, and return prayer to the nation's public schools. embracing richard nixon's southern strategy, he warned southern democrats, kicking off the 1980 presidentia

but they got much worse under ronald reagan. what would say that brought inflation down in the early 1980's was ronald reagan's repressive monetary policy to repressiveolcker's monetary policy. it was that alone that did it. almostcal policy played i would say, no part. zimmer a question here? >> i hate to say that the emperor has no clothes, but i wonder sometimes as a member of the younger generation, the u.s. has used its tremendous buying power influenced in part by the forces you are talking about to , increase consumer spending and create a cycle of debt and spending, but not much of it on infrastructure. now that we need to have a convincing economic front to the world and show we are growing and doing real things, it is hard for me to see the best way to do that. and how fiscal policy can help us achieve real economic growth. robert: your asking me to map out an economic strategy for the next 10 or 15 years, which i am not competent to do. i think with united states needs is export led growth. to some extent, the present

they said the same thin about ronald reagan and ronald reagan won the cold war and more countries came around to his thinking. they realized that for the u.n. to survive, they're gonna have to at least try to fly with what president trump is trying to talk about. cutting through that whole cloud that they wrap around themselves of being so focused on process. to me, couldn't have been a better speech. very intelligent, very forcefully and context of history with it. they can write this off as some red neck speech, some crazy man speech. this was totally thoughtful, totally -- really right on target with great perspective. >> harris: congressman, we can talk ab why this might be good for a president historically, his first ever at the general assembly at the u.n., but how is this good for america? >> it's good for america because america has made it clear where we stand. he's putting it on the line for these countries. he's calling countries out. to just go along get along and say we all love each other, we all ought to try to find a way to make peace and then go to the cocktail parties

in effect, ronald reagan said that a dollar is a dollar is a dollar and everything ought to be treated fairly. and that was important then, and it's even more important now, mr. president. because in reality, there are two tax systems in america: there is one for the cop and the nurse, and they have their taxes taken out every paycheck, and that taxation is compulsory. no cayman island's deal for them, mr. president. then there's another tax system: the kind of people who benefit from what the president outlined yesterday. those are the high flyers. they get to pay what they want when they want to. and i think it is very unfortunate that what the president has described is another gift to those group -- that group that i just described, pay what they want, when they want to. and that it is really, to quote the president, it is really sad to hear that this administration and the president is pretending that they're doing something else and putting the focus on the middle class when what they really are doing is advancing the parade of millionaires -- the cause of the parade of millionai

who said it but let's be clear. >> neil: even under ronald reagan? >> and bill bennett became a very effective education secretary, but trump promised all these, all the sort of cuts to waste and abuse none of it's going on but i'll say this. healthcare reform on obama was a pretty big thing. this wasn't some sort of measure the republicans look like here when you look at the sort of nitty gritty details about what they're talking about, they're willing to settle for a win. >> neil: but gerri, here is the distinction say what you will to president obama's healthcare plan. it was suspending programs. >> gerri: yes. >> neil: it didn't really help the economy in my opinion. i could be wrong. >> it wasn't designed to. >> you're right. >> neil: tax cuts generally are meant to put more money in people's pockets and do help the economy so i think that's a significant difference. >> gerri: well absolutely, and let's put the blame where it belongs to be, which is on the shoulders of the republican leadership in congress who can't , you know get anything done.

. >>> tomorrow night, cnn is airing a documentary on president ronald reagan called "the reagan show." here's a sneak peek. >> good evening, this is ronald reagan, president of the united states of america. got history books there? i don't think so. i am pleased to speak to you on the occasion of -- >> are you okay? >> good evening. this is ronald reagan. president of the united states of america. i'm pleased to speak to you on the occasion of the new year. on behalf of the american people, i wish you all a happy and healthy new year. let's work together to make it a year of peace. there is no better goal for 1986 or for any year. let us look forward to a future of [ speaking foreign language ] for all mankind. thank you. >> you say it better than i do, sounds like you had a t in it. [ speaking foreign language ] >> the lighter side, behind the scenes of what it is to be ronald reagan. "the reagan show" tomorrow at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn. >>> i am fredricka whitfield. thank you for being with me this sunday. the next year with ana navarro starts now. >>> top of the hour, i am a

we cut taxes, john kennedy needed this, george bush, ronald reagan knew this. a direct correlation to economic growth. when ronald reagan cut taxes, we were creating 300,000 job as month and 400,000 jobs a month then 500,000 job as month. one quarter grew 7.3%. you're not going to sustain that but we will grow the economy, create jobs and that's what the american people want. >> from 1964 to 2017, there's been no real wage growth for the average american. right? >> certainly has been in the last eight years -- >> all the tax cuts in the world and by the way all the tax hikes in the world don't actually affect wages in america at all. >> when there's demand for jobs, and there's a need for people in those jobs. >> right. >> that drives up wages. >> totally agree. so why does cutting corporate taxes create demand for jobs? how does that work? how does your family want to spend more because corporate taxes were cut? >> expansion. there's growth expansion. you have -- they have greater access to capital. >> no trouble getting capital today. americans have -- no, no

what did you think of the critique from venezuela that trump is now like ronald reagan? >> well you know it made me giggle because there's no way he can sell a better thing for donald trump than to be like ronald reagan and i think trump has done a great job on this and i think reagan did a great job on this and i hope donald trump is really flattered by the comparison even if it does come from a horrible person from venezuela representing maduro. >> liz: art let's switch gears the dow and s & p closed at record highs after bank stocks went up the federal reserve saying rates may go up in december and banks can make more money on loans. here is the thing, art you know this. the thinking is a rate hike could tip the u.s. into recession. i think 10 of the last 13 times when rates were hiked we had a recession according to analyst david rosenburg. what do you think? >> oh, i font think so in this case. i think interest rates are so very very low elizabeth. if you'll have a good solid strong recovery you need a tip shield of treasury inflation protect and security, real inte

it, that i thought, professor sutton is book in here.s a brian: why is the ronald reagan ibrary and museum so much bigger than all the rest? think, did you say something like 200,000 feet? nthony: it was 150,000 before they built the extension for air force one. the short answer is they had the money and the long answer, i by that time, by the of 1980s, the idea monumentally commemorating a president and making sure that history is written by the family and by the foundation and really had taken hold. nd the eight years of the reagan administration are not as much the focus of the library as is his prior career actor. they downplay the fact that he was a spokesman and president of guild but you rs can go in and act in a movie with ronald reagan on a blue a een and give a talk at teleprompter and get photographed there and you can play an -- you can conomic game where you can change the course of the benefits and have a positive impact on the economy. rian: what do you make of the fact for years now, chairman of the foundation that ronald fred ryan, y named e's also the c.e.o. and pu

the topic, reagan-era tax reform. our guest is henry olson, senior fellow of the ethics public policy center and the author of "the working class republican: ronald reagan and the return of blue-collar conservativism." tax reform is a top legislative priority for president trump. this interview looks at president reagan's efforts to reform the tax code in the 1980's. this is "american history tv" on c-span3. >> henry olson, a senior fellow at the ethics and public policy center, out with a new book titled "the working class republican: ronald reagan and the return of blue-collar conservativism." let's talk about tax reform because you wrote a piece that republicans are chomping at the bit to pass tax reform. how do they get there?

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ronald reagan. but how did we exert his influence? who talked about the style and grace and operated under anyrms number he had a newspaper colu column. he was the lead conservative columnist before george will came along. he had it in a magazine for the colleges and universities and have a television show we talked about and even wrote the most esoteric journals. he even read through playboy and sat for an interview. he says the only way that i can communicate is by fixing it up. so, wherever you were. the only columnist i can think of made it not only on the late-night economy but the only journalist i know william f. buckley junior appeared in a lab and is one of the figures. we write an op-ed and we are done.t as t he found an organization and i didn't like the supreme court opinion. he wrote several columns but byr the end of the week the organization was 100,000 people and he was on every tv show in america. that is how he updates. i think the major break in his career made him sore when he ra

no more than it had been a central core of ronald reagan's philosophy. the federal government and anything that increases domestic power was the right central but director ---, the the postmaster general of the new right, it was a big part of our agenda, and there was one issue more than any other they gave impetus and unity to conservative movement it was the , panama canal issue. howard phillips of the conservative caucus said i can't , think of any other issue that better unites people across the grass roots than the canal. the american conservative union though, was the most visible opponent. the acu produced the biggest single innovation of the treaty fight. the infomercial. a precursor of those wonderful programs that spend a half hour at 2:30 a.m. in the morning telling you that their product will eliminate hair loss or slice and dice, or give you flat abs in five minutes a day. the ec began broadcasting is program in october 1977 and began with representatives phil crane of illinois the was the chairman of the aclu, sitting on the edge of a desk

>> i think it's a great look at ronald reagan. you know, it's valuable because it shows you how much respect he had for the office and the extent to which he was creating the image of his presidency. there's a wonderful moment, there's a clip from an interview that he did with david frost, the british journalist, and frost is saying to him, you know, you -- you auditioned for parts in hollywood, you obviously auditioned for the presidency, what was the harder job to audition for? the president -- reagan said obviously the presidency, because not only do you have to learn the lines, you have to write the script. and there was a real sense about reagan that he was writing his own script. it wasn't like he was reading someone else's. so, when you watch this film, you get a sense that he is very senvery sensitive to the dignity of the office. another thing that comes across, he's very affable. you have unscripted moments where he's letting go and talking, you know, being improvisational and it's kindhearted, even when he's critical, h

ronald reagan proved that cutting taxes on american businesses helps american workers win in the world marketplace. when president reagan lowered taxes, american businesses beat out our foreign competition. our economy boomed, the middle class thrived, and median family income increased. but then washington stood by while other countries adopted our playbook. but they did it even better than us. they lowered their tax rates and reformed their tax systems to be more competitive, substantially, than that of the united states of america. and america went from leading the pack to following way behind. now our business tax rate is the highest in the developed world, 60% higher than our foreign competitors. pretty bad. puts us at a big disadvantage. we're behind france, behind germany, behind canada, japan, ireland, mexico, behind south korea. we're dead last. our high business tax is nothing more than a crushing tax on every product made in america. we have totally surrenderedded our competitive edge -- surrenderedded our competitive edge to other countries, but we're not surrendering anymo

it took ronald reagan quite a while to get his tax three form package through in the 80s. ronald reagan said it was because the politicians left an important calculation out, they left the american people out of the equation. charles: we can look back upon what ronald reagan was able to achieve and say let's not take this long this time. charles: we just heard two prominent republican congressmen say they have no doubt the tax plan will pass. we have tammy bruce and david morris. there is some anxiety about this from a political points of view within the republican party and ultimately if you can get any democrats to support this. >> there is a lot of wiggle room. the framework is just. >> framework. but there is a lot of gestures. there is room for a fourth tax bracket. but they opened the door for a fourth tax bracket for democrats that are concerned the super wealthy will get a break. so there is some flexibility there. there is other issues regarding -- i know the democrats and this is a genuine concern for people in high-tech states where you are limit can the accessi

government has never spent their way to prosperity and ronald reagan proved this. i was lucky enough, liz, to start my business during the reagan years. i saw the effects of what the tax cuts did. it gave us the ability to buy copy machines at the time and we weren't even in the computer age as of that moment and all these different things that we were able, we weren't able to hire more people, we were able to do more advertising, we were able to increase our product lines and i'm telling you liz i'm so excited about this. the only thing i'm negative about is trump should have held on to 15%. it works for germany. germany has a bust link economy with a 15% corporate tax rate. >> liz: uk is 19, ireland is 12.5. we should be a tax haven. switching gears craig, here is the news for the first time in years, the u.s. is rising in the global rankings for competitiveness. >> president trump: we will make america great again. we will make america great again thank you very much, thank you folks. >> [applause] >> president trump: god bless you everybody. god bless you. >> l

since ronald reagan signed the amnesty act of 1986. this has been a very big thing for me. i knew what would happen. i listened to that debate in this congress. i was in the private sector, trying to build a construction company back then, raise my family, we had little boys in the house at the time. i listened to the debate in the house and senate. i thought it would fail in either the house or senate. when it passed and they sent it to the president's desk, i believe that ronald reagan understood the principle that if you reward lawbreakers, you get more lawbreakers. and that we have to preserve the rule of law. but he signed that amnesty act. it was crushing to me. frustrated me to the point where i kicked a dent in my filing cabinet in my construction office, there was a little memento for that. he only let me down two times but that was one. the cabinet that advised him to sign that amnesty act reversed that positions. ed mideast who served as attorney general at the time and i had that conversation. he also regrets they had him sign the amnesty act you can't reward la

. >> neil: but phil graham the guy who orchestrated the first wave with ronald reagan said ronald reagan wasn't going to play the class warfare game and he was simply going to say everyone is going to get a tax cut, everyone deserves the tax cut and off we go and didn't get sidetracked on these sort of class warfare arguments. john kennedy back in the early 60s was arguing with his own party over the need for that. i know a very different environment but he didn't let that argument get in the way of this and when democrats are warning him what are you doing here? >> amy: interesting we know from polling data that americans actually are not that sympathetic to class warfare arguments that they are not-- >> neil: i do think they hate the rich more than they used to. >> amy: possibly. >> the rich are richer. >> amy: generally speaking americans politically speaking that republicans do need to deliver across-the-board tax or at least-- >> neil: they will but ben stein the biggest hurdle they says is this is something to charlie's point that he's right on and chuck schumer will pound is this