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In reply to the discussion: Brilliant observation from Jimmy Carter. [View all]4Q2u2
(1,406 posts)A major deregulation proponent he started with the airlines and trucking industry. Subsequently destroying those Unions.
He was a Fiscal Conservative intent on balancing the budget even at the cost of social programs.
As President told unmarried staff not to "live in Sin".
In the summer of 1979, inflation rose to 14 percent. In response, Carter cut the budgets of social programs, leading to criticism from African American leaders and members of the "traditional FDR coalition
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/bonus-video/presidents-economy-carter2/?flavour=mobile
"An earlier version of this story said that Obama was the first Democratic president to propose cuts to Social Security. A proposal from President Jimmy Carter in 1977 proposed indexing changes that effectively cut benefits for future retirees.
Right. Carter not only changed the index, he proposed doing so in a way that reduced benefits more than chained-CPI would. Carter also scaled back eligibility rules for Social Security’s disability insurance."
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/social-securitys-peculiar-partisan-prob
"The broad outlines of Mr. Reagan's budget policy accelerated a trend begun in the final 18 months of the Carter Administration. After two decades of expanded social programs, President Carter faced mounting inflation and deepening deficits that forced him to abandon the unfinished business of the Democratic agenda: programs that would guarantee income, provide national health insurance and mammoth aid to education." NY Times 1988
I am not quite sure how Bush was worked into this unless you are accusing me as a supporter of his. Automatic assumption that a low post count equals Busher?
This is more of my type of Democrat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tip_O'Neill
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1209.html
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