We cleaned up carter’s mess in 2 years. This is an order of magnitude different- maybe 20 or 200 years.
Thanks for that perspective (Carter). Things looked extremely dismal then, unfixable as I recall.
I would respectfully disagree. Reagan did an excellent job much to clean up as much of Carter's failures as he could. But many of the Carter legacies are still problems today.
1.The overthrow of the Shah in Iran and replacing him with violent extremists who hate America and use war and terrorism to destroy the US.
2. Abandoning the Panama Canal and ceding Latin America to leftists such as Noriega and destroying American influence there.
3. Creation of an intrusive, confiscatory bureaucracy that stifles American inititive and prosperity.
4. Destruction of the CIA as an effective intelligence gathering organization.
5. Turning the State Department into a leftist, anti-American bureaucracy.
6. Encouraging the spread of communist and anti-American sentiment in Asia and Africa.
7. The undermining of American manufacturing industry. Most American manufacturers became uncompetitive in the late 1970’s and it has been a downward slide ever since.
8. Increasing the power and influence of the trial lawyers and their ability to put individuals and businesses into bankruptcy.
9. Creating the “blame America ethos”. Carter said Americans are selfish and must sacrifice and that Americans are the cause of the worlds problems.
10. Encouraging the Communist regime in North Korea to adapt a strongly Anti-American position.
11. Doing everything he could to convince the rest of the world that Americans were weak and would not stand up for their friends or oppose their enemies.
12. Using the power of the Federal government to create and promote affirmative action quotas.
13. Convincing great numbers of American people not to be self reliant but to believe that they are entitled to handouts from the government.
I am sure there are several more but the legacy of the Carter Administration is still with us. The damage they did to America is ongoing and still weakens our country.