Jimmy Carter damaged the United States during his Presidency with long lasting consequences. Amazingly, Jimmy Carter contiues to damage the United States during his ex-Presidency. Jimmy Carter was truely the worst man ever elected President of the United States of America.
However, Jimmy Carter appointed Paul Volkler Chairman of the Federal Reserve whereupon the Chairman defeated inflation, stagflation, and economic malaise through monetary policy. I am sure Jimmy Carter regrets the appointment.
You make good points. But the same can be said for Lyndon Johnson, quite an accomplishment when you consider that Johnson left office in 1968.
LBJ created those horrible, politically-correct immigration laws that we are just now seeing the cost of. He created the accounting gimmicks that took Social Security "off the budget" and enabled the government to conceal the size of its deficits. He's the one who created the rigid welfare state wtihout putting in any safeguards to prevent fraud or abuse.
We still pay the price for LBJ.