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To: skinkinthegrass

13% interest rates during the peanut farmer from Georgia’s term? I remember 21% interest rates


17 posted on 03/21/2014 1:49:25 PM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: Kaslin
*facepalm* ..your very correct, 13/21% interest rates.

18 posted on 03/21/2014 2:01:56 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
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To: Kaslin

Good luck slowly deflating the balloon.


19 posted on 03/21/2014 2:03:48 PM PDT by StevieRay20
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To: Kaslin

The 21% rate was reached right after Carter when Volker decided to kill inflation, IIRC. Carter’s policies were the main culprit.


21 posted on 03/21/2014 2:29:20 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (....Let It Burn...)
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To: Kaslin
bought first house in 1987 still interest rates at 10.5% after Reagan, Carter's wreck lasted a generation. The Obama wreck may last three generations or worse forever.
23 posted on 03/21/2014 5:09:30 PM PDT by urbanpovertylawcenter (the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
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