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SO YOU ACCEPT THAT CHART - YOU'RE WILLING TO OWN THAT NUMBER? You have already been all over the board with the math, son. Pick 4 years to attribute to Carter and stick. Only then will I debate you on the numbers. Carter owns 1980 (-0,2%) and Reagan owns '81. Is that it? YES/NO...

5.4% is pretty strong growth, psycho. That's the economy Carter inherited. Here's 77 - 80: 77: +4.6 78: +5.6 79: +3.2 80: -.02 Failing to take into account the powerful downward spiral the economy was in; the chaos, the confusion, the utter lack of solution by most policy makers. Except Reagan...

So Reagan was ineffectual? That's your argument - Reagan was a hapless victim?...

We've already used your sources to debunk your own claims. Your chart showed Carter's average GDP to be 3.4% That means that Carter came to office with a first year GDP of 4.6%, and left with a -0.2%...

His big mistake was not adding 2 trillion to the national debt, and claiming that "money" as GDP....

Ignoring the reality that liberal Dems were the driving force behind domestic spending, not Reagan. Any other falsehoods you'd like to spread?...

http://useconomy.about.com/od/GDP-by-Ye ... istory.htm Here are the growth numbers for 73-76 - what Carter inherited: 73: +5.6 74: -0.5 75: -0.2 76: +5.4 Here's 77 - 80 - What Reagan inherited: 77: +4.6 78: +5.6 79: +3.2 80: -.02 Now, then. What were you saying? Here are the growth numbers ...

If only Carter had thought to rob SS....

I was referring to the sources I've cited on many topics including this and FDR. Every one of which you rejected. How typically dishonest that you avoid admitting that. Okay, okay, this again. I USED to bring it, and it's your fault you were not there in my glory days, back when I did more than...

What does this psychotic moonbat fail to take into account? 1) That Reagan began with the worst economic conditions since the Great Depression. Those stats must be taken into account. 2) That liberal Dems and a few "moderate" Repubs were the driving force behind domestic spending, not Reagan. It's...