American Enterprise Institute

Powell Memorandum Institutional Network Establishes Systematic Crisis Coordination with WHIG Operations

| Importance: 8/10

The complete Powell Memorandum institutional network—including American Enterprise Institute, Cato Institute, Hoover Institution, Federalist Society, and coordinated corporate media—establishes systematic coordination with WHIG operations for crisis-accelerated implementation of institutional …

American Enterprise Institute Cato Institute Hoover Institution Federalist Society White House Iraq Group +5 more powell-memorandum-acceleration institutional-network-coordination whig-think-tank-merger crisis-exploitation-infrastructure systematic-capture-acceleration +4 more
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Senate Rejects Robert Bork Supreme Court Nomination 42-58, First Ideological Rejection in Nearly a Century

| Importance: 9/10

The United States Senate rejected President Reagan’s nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court by a vote of 42-58 on October 23, 1987, marking the first time in nearly a century that the Senate rejected a Supreme Court nominee primarily on the basis of ideology rather than qualifications …

Robert Bork Ronald Reagan Edward Kennedy Lewis Powell Anthony Kennedy +4 more supreme-court judicial-capture federalist-society conservative-movement antitrust-abandonment +3 more
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Heritage Foundation Expands to 100+ Staff with $10 Million Budget During Reagan Administration Peak Influence

| Importance: 8/10

The Heritage Foundation reached over 100 staff members and a $10 million annual budget by 1983, representing explosive growth during the Reagan administration’s implementation of Heritage policy recommendations. In just six years since Ed Feulner became president in 1977, Heritage had grown …

Heritage Foundation Edwin Feulner Ronald Reagan Richard Scaife State Policy Network +1 more heritage-foundation conservative-movement think-tank-influence institutional-capture dark-money +3 more
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Reagan Signs Economic Recovery Tax Act (ERTA) - Top Rate Slashed from 70% to 50%, Corporate Tax Cuts Total $150 Billion Over Five Years

| Importance: 9/10

On August 13, 1981, President Ronald Reagan signed the Economic Recovery Tax Act (ERTA) into law, enacting one of the largest tax cuts in American history. The Act reduced the highest marginal individual income tax rate from 70% to 50% and the lowest rate from 14% to 11%, implementing an …

Ronald Reagan Jack Kemp William Roth David Stockman Heritage Foundation +3 more tax-policy reagan-administration supply-side-economics corporate-corruption wealth-transfer +4 more
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AEI Faces IRS Investigation After Baroody's Control of Goldwater Campaign

| Importance: 7/10

Representative Wright Patman subpoenas American Enterprise Institute’s tax papers and the Internal Revenue Service initiates a two-year investigation of AEI after William J. Baroody Sr. and several top AEI staff, including Karl Hess, moonlight as policy advisers and speechwriters for Barry …

William J. Baroody Sr. American Enterprise Institute Barry Goldwater Wright Patman Internal Revenue Service (IRS) +2 more american-enterprise-institute aei irs tax-exempt political-campaigns +2 more
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