2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Before I die, I'd like to feel admiration for a living President [View all]SheilaT
(23,156 posts)Yes, he was President before you were born, but trust me, as someone who was an adult then, he is head and shoulders above anyone since. And after he left office he founded Habitat for Humanity and continues to help build houses for the poor. As well as monitor elections around the world. I just wish he'd monitor elections in this country.
Jimmy Carter got blamed for many things that weren't his fault, and got no credit for the good he accomplished. He's remembered for historically high interest rates. Well, you can pretty much blame Richard Nixon, whose wage and price controls in 1971 are almost totally forgotten. But back then, sensible observers pointed out that they were a temporary fix that would only make things much worse down the road. And they did. We got some pretty high inflation, then the very high interest rates.
Meanwhile, Carter's biggest flaw was his inclination to micro-manage things. Still, he gave us the Camp David peace accords. Nothing like that has happened since. Subsequent Presidents have merrily gone to war every where and every chance they get.