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https://www.thebalance.com/job-creation-by-president-by-number-and-percent-3863218
Which President Created the Most Jobs?
12 Presidents' Jobs Creation by Number and Percent
Ronald Reagan (1981-1989): Second-Largest Job Creator, Job and Percentage-Wise
President Ronald Reagan aboard Air Force One in 1987. Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
President Reagan added 16.5 million jobs during his eight-year term, a 16.5 percent increase. Reagan was the second-largest job creator both number-wise and percentage-wise. There were 116.1 million people working in December 1988 compared to 99.6 million in December 1980.
Reagan responded to the 1981 recession with Reaganomics. This was expansive fiscal policy based on supply-side economics. Reagan cut the top income tax rate from 70 percent to 28 percent. He also cut the top corporate tax rate from 48 percent to 34 percent. He increased government spending by 2.5 percent a year. His policies doubled the debt. To some extent, trickle-down economics worked as the tax rates at that time fell into the “Prohibitive Range” of the Laffer Curve.
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