Slaves live in peace...so long as they do whatever their masters demand.
During the Cold War, Jimmy Carter had the brash stupidity to say that the U.S. "should consider capitulation" to the Soviets.
When Nobel Laureates like Milton Friedman reminded Carter of the utter unworkability of Socialism and the powerful economic engine that is Capitalism, he meekly replied, "That is a matter of opinion."
Good'ol Ronald Maximus Reagan sure proved Carter wrong, but then again, idiots tend to be wrong, don't they?
Carter's ideas are simplistic becase Jimmy Carter is a simpleton!
We don't NEED peace, we NEED victory.
JMK,
OK, now wake up from your dreams. It sounds that you are having a nightmare.
Jimmy Carter's Presidency WAS a nightmare!
Thank GOD for Ronald Reagan.
Since 1981 we've moved to Friedman's Supply-Side policies and haven't looked back yet.
Prediction: There will not be a Democratic led resurgence of Keynesianism (higher taxes, more government social programs, less emphasis on the military).
We won't see that because (1) they all know that it's a fast-trak to disaster and (2) because over 20% of the current Congressional Dems are Conservatives.
A huge portion of our economy is based on defense spending...and that's good. Like everything else, it runs in regular cycles, just as gasoline futures are bought in late February (before the March 1st switch to the more expensive"summer blend") and sold in May, defense stocks run on an equally predictable cycle.
Too much money's being made BW....way too much money.
Ronald Reagan was a terrible president. Better than George W. Bush, but still terrible.
Again, you cannot support that assertion with FACTS, BW.
Reagan SAVED this country and turned this economy completely around, by jettisoning the failed Keynesian policies of LBJ, Nixon, Ford & Carter and moving to the Supply-Side policies employed ever since (under Reagan, Bush Sr, Clinton & Bush Jr).
That Keynesianism imploded under Carter is UNQUESTIONABLE.
Carter presided over STAGFLATION: double digit unemployment rates, double digit inflation rates and double digit interest rates - a disastrous trifecta on all three primary economic indicators.
Under Reagan we confronted (instead of negotiated with) the "evil Empire" (the former-USSR). Naive dopes like Jimmy Carter predicted gloom & doom and even when the former-USSR collapsed, they excoriated Reagan & Co for "putting the country at risk." In their view, capitulation was better than risking annihilation.
Socialism and even Keynesianism lead to an economy where everyone has less, but the disparities between the most productive and the least productive shrinks - what's been termed "A shallower puddle, but a broader, more inclusive one."
I DON'T want that.
I'd be willing to fight and kill to stop that...I'm convinced that the supporters of that system are NOT ready nor willing to fight and die for it. I'm counting on that.
James Buchanan was unarguably the WORST U.S. President, but Jimmy Carter was easily the second worst.
They were both disasters.
In the 20th Century, Teddy Roosevelt (NOT FDR) is probably the BEST President. Some historians argue that Teddy Roosevelt may have been America's best President ever. After Teddy Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan was easily the second best of the 20th Century, - he ended the Cold War (finishing the fight "left over from WW II), he restored economic prosperity to America and set us on the Supply-Side course that still serves us well today.
We are ALL Supply-Siders now....OK except for that dolt Krugman, but the rest of us have pretty much bought in, by7 now.
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