Three types of rodent mites readily bite humans: the house mouse mite (Liponyssoides saguineus), spiny rat mite (Laelaps echidnina) and tropical rat mite (Ornithonyssus bacoti). The house mouse mite prefers to suck the blood of mice, but also will bite rats and people, often causing a rash around the bite.
Under strong public pressure, Congress passed the Tax Reform Act of 1969, and it was signed into law by President Richard M. Nixon on December 30, 1969.
In 1981, Reagan persuaded Congress to reduce the top tax rate form 70% to 50% and to index tax brackets (so that inflation was taken into consideration). In 1986, the Tax Reform Act reduced the rate on the wealthiest Americans to 28%.