European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                App Haio the great communicator with two Yean to go in office. President and mrs. Reagan join their daughter Maureen and children of the White haute it aft during the assessing the Reagan re by Christopher Connell associated press he script thai Ronald Wilson Reagan brought to me White houses years ago was straightforward he was going to Cut taxes Roll Back Domestic spending beef up the my Hilary balance he budget and unshackled he stumbling american Economy irom he chains of Federal regulation and social engineering. It came to be called the Reagan revolution but just what did it accomplish today with iwo years remaining in his second and final term As the 40lh president Reagan already has occupied the office longer than any chief executive since do Ign d. Eisenhower. A wide Range at Reagan watchers Are convinced that the great communicator until the mushrooming Iran Nicaragua arms sales scandal bogged Down his administration has wielded he Powers of the presidency with More skill than any president since Franklin d. Roosevelt. Even critics credit Reagan with reviving is Powers of an office weakened Lor 16 years by his four predecessors woes with Vietnam watergate stagflation and terrorism. And yet Law dispute that the Reagan revolution has slopped Short of its Mark. Reagan s budget a nicked the modern welfare state but severed no limbs. The government which spent $634 billion in Reagan s first year now spend nearly $1 trillion a year. Reagan s new budget proposes $1.8 trillion in military spending in the next five years but would slash Federal farm Aid by More than Hast and sharply curtail