Question

Ronald Reagan's supply side economic advisers assured him that the combination of budgetary discipline and tax reduction would do all of the following EXCEPT
A. stimulate new investment.
B. deplete overall tax revenues for the federal government.
C. boost productivity.
D. foster dramatic economic growth.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. deplete overall tax revenues for the federal government.

Explanation:

In the early 1990s, after the amazing Reagan years and his Reaganomics or supply-side economics, the United States reached an astronomic federal deficit without precedents. The former president and his advisors intended to estimulate growth and rise American prosperity, but they did not foresee the debt levels and the budget deficit that reached historical levels. It was the Clinton administration, a Democratic administration, that raised taxes again and managed to trim the deficit , balance the budget and even get a surplus.