[nopardons]

You deserve the well earned kudos; I don't give then lightly, nor often. :-)

Carter should thank GOD, every day and night, for X42; elsewise, he would have be this nation's worst president . The only thing, I miss about the Carter years, is the interest rate. If you had and " free " money, it was a bonanza. :-)

[Roy Tucker]

I didn't have any money in those days and was still in college but it seemed to me that inflation caused everything to erode even real returns. I would rather earn 3 or 4 percent when inflation is zero than 12% when inflation is 10%.

I remember his misery index (combination of unemployment and inflation), lambasting Pres. Ford because it was around 8 at the time of the '76 election and it went to close to 18 during his administration.

I have to say that I actually think Clinton was a better President than Carter. The American people passed that verdict also. I am reminded of the great line of George Will "Clinton may not be the worst President we ever had, but he was the worst person ever to be President."