Title: Jimmy Carter's White House Diary Source:
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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.
so I got a job selling overpriced vacuum cleaners door-to-door.
I remember answering an ad for some kind of job about that time, or maybe in the mid 80's. There was a 3 day seminar, I think, introducing us to the work. The first day taught us that if you weren't born lucky with sports, or entertainment skills, the only other way to get filthy rich was in sales. It wasn't until day 2 when they finally told us what we'd be selling, and it was overpriced VCs door to door. I didn't bother going to day 3.
I lasted about three minutes before asking what we were going to be selling. They caught on that I was a bright kid and spirited me off to lunch, away from the other recruits.
Direct marketing jobs are by necessity management heavy. Motivation and building a sense of community are essential to sell overpriced gear to people who can barely afford it.