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President Carter hits the Century Mark !


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On 10/2/2024 at 2:46 PM, RSF said:

Carter has been one hell of an ex-President.

He was fine as president.  Never started a war or fired a shot in anger (the only president, I think, in 100 years to do that) but was unlucky enough to be hit with inflation at the wrong time and an oil crisis started in the Middle East that slack-jawed midwesterners blamed on Jimmy.   
 

When the Reagan team went to Iran and treasonous persuaded them not to release hostages until Reagan was elected/inaugurated, that sealed his fate on his second term.  https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/show/expert-analyzes-new-account-of-gop-deal-that-used-iran-hostage-crisis-for-gain

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Probably the best thing Carter did (that he didn’t get the benefit of in his term) was appointing Paul Volcker as the head of the Fed as he saved the economy from stagflation and set the stage for the 1980s and 1990s economic boom. 

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On 10/2/2024 at 10:45 PM, Joe from Wyo said:

Probably the best thing Carter did (that he didn’t get the benefit of in his term) was appointing Paul Volcker as the head of the Fed as he saved the economy from stagflation and set the stage for the 1980s and 1990s economic boom. 

Absolutely. Volcker was a genius. 

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On 10/2/2024 at 8:45 PM, Joe from Wyo said:

Probably the best thing Carter did (that he didn’t get the benefit of in his term) was appointing Paul Volcker as the head of the Fed as he saved the economy from stagflation and set the stage for the 1980s and 1990s economic boom. 

Agree 100 percent.

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