Word: carterized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...better off now than you were four years ago? In 1980, many Americans found they could unabashedly answer no to the question posed by Ronald Reagan, and so they turned Jimmy Carter out of office. Four years later, Reagan is betting his re-election that the response to this question is yes, but not only is his perceived answer highly debatable this time around, it also begs off the real issues of the campaign and underscores the malicious effect his policies have wreaked on the temper of America's political values...
...important to dispose of at first the President's one major claim to success-the economic recovery which has more than halved the 13 percent rate of inflation that helped bring down the Carter White House. No amount of partisan spirit should deny the President his due for this achievement, but we doubt that the recovery is of long-term significance. For one thing, this "success" has nothing to do with the increased investment Reagan's supply-side minions said would be brought on by tax-cuts for corporations and the rich. It has everything to do with Reagan...
Four years ago America stood on the precipice of economic catastrophe and endured a litany of international embarassments under the Carter-Mondale Administration. Inflation soared to nearly 20 percent, causing the poor the elderly, and students to fear for their futures. The dollar tumbled to record lows on world currency exchanges. Foreign policy debacles in Afghanistan, Nicaragua, the Canal Zone and Iran dogged the pride of our nation...
...Keynesian tax out politics Reagan shepherded through Congress. Inflation was stopped dead in its tracks neat the 3 percent level a feat most economists predicted would take a decade or more. The unemployment rate has dropped steadily. The country has shaken off the national malaise that the Carter-Alondale Administration created to explain its own failings. The last majority of Americans would answer a resounding "Yes" to the question. "Are you better off today than you were four years...
Other intangible but no less important indices of national progress reflect well on this Administration. Crime rates are down across the country. SAT scores among high school students have risen. The Los Angeles Olympics-despite a Soviet bloc boycott provoked by the Carter-Mondale Administration became an attend of international joy and celebration. Crackdowns on organized crime and illicit drug tratficking have succeeded at an unprecedented level...