CARTER GREW THE ECONOMY MUCH BETTER THAN REAGAN Post #5488 • Liberal Forum

Cannonpointer » 15 Mar 2014 6:41 pm » wrote:
You are being dishonest. I have already granted that my OP was ill conceived and did not really set up the battle that I wish to have: An honest comparison of the two presidents, rather than me having to prove the more narrow and difficult claim that Carter was better on the economy. Here is my quote, snapback intact:

Yet you, in the face of that, continually try to stick me with an OP that I have abandoned, bowing to your superior evidence.

I remain in the fight, but with the modified thesis that Carter was better for America and that Reagan was a disaster for America. His economic model is a proven failure. We're still using it - derr.

Carter was still on FDRnomics - but with the added weight of LBJ's great society and Nixon's withdrawal from Bretton Woods. Give all of that, plus the energy crisis, Carter made a fine showing. Reagan sold us down the tubes and stabbed the working man in the back. I have shown you the math. Frankly, I am flabbergasted that you have not yet apologized.

Your attempting to qualify Carter's poor showing, but you have no proof Reagan would have performed better or worse from 78-81 or whatever years are in question. A straight up comparison of their respective economies reveals Reagan's was better. Unemployment dropped, income grew, and inflation came down.