15 Mar 2014 5:15 pm
And yet real income decreased under Carter but grew by more than 10% under Reagan and the ISM index was above 50 for his presidency.Cannonpointer » 15 Mar 2014 5:09 pm » wrote:
I can give you some examples. Carter's economy was not built on low age jobs. He did not lie about his unemployment numbers by using "ketchup is a vegetable" math, leaving out any unemployed person not currently drawing benefits. He did not triple the national debt to artificially grow the economy. He did not radically expand government (he shrank it, in fact) in order to achieve his employment numbers.
Reagan was the undisputed KING of throwing shadows and creating false narratives - and the conservative mainstream media were willing accomplices.
Once you start taking the "ketchup is a vegetable" gimmicks out of Reagan's numbers, and account for the issues that Carter inherited from Nixon/Ford, the math starts lining up a little differently. If you want to see America's manufacturing jobs under Reagan, get a quick look:
There they go, Japan-bound...
Another straw man little fella. I guess you're finished defending your OP.