Title: Jimmy Carter's White House Diary Source:
[None] URL Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00PUmPvRENc Published:Sep 24, 2010 Author:60 Minutes Post Date:2019-09-29 14:06:33 by BTP Holdings Keywords:None Views:328 Comments:14
Lesley Stahl speaks to the former president about his new book, "White House Diary," in which he admits mistakes and blames Ted Kennedy for delaying comprehensive health care.
One thing is certain, the U.S. suffered from high inflation during that period. And I can recall the rise in gasoline prices and lines at the gas station. ;)
One thing is certain, the U.S. suffered from high inflation during that period. And I can recall the rise in gasoline prices and lines at the gas station. ;)
I thought the gas lines were 73-74 when OPEC embargoed. From the Carter years, yes high inflation, though I'm not sure how much was rightly blamed on him. Normally inflation is handled by the fed reserve, not by the president. In fact, it's Congress that controls spending authorization.
16 y.o. kids in my town were having to compete with layed-off auto and steel workers for jobs in early the '80s. As a long-haired snarky cripple I didn't stand a chance at landing one of those cushy corporate jobs like at Wendy's, so I got a job selling overpriced vacuum cleaners door-to-door.