TINY MINDS » misery index http://www.tinyminds.net Why must we suffer fools gladly? Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:18:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Jimmy Carter Speaks : You have GOT to be kidding me! http://www.tinyminds.net/2008/10/10/jimmy-carter-speaks-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/ http://www.tinyminds.net/2008/10/10/jimmy-carter-speaks-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/#comments Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:49:23 +0000 Henry Jennings http://www.tinyminds.net/?p=581

You have GOT to be kidding me. Jimmy Carter is criticizing Bush on the economy?

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Former President Jimmy Carter said on Friday the “atrocious economic policies” of the Bush administration had caused the worst global financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

The SAME Jimmy Carter that gave us:

The SAME Jimmy Carter who gave us:

The same Jimmy Carter who gave us:

The US Misery Index by President
1948 to 2007

Misery Index = Unemployment rate + Inflation rate

President Time Period Average Misery Index
Jimmy Carter 1977 – 1980 16.27
Gerald Ford 1974 – 1976 15.93
Ronald Reagan 1981 – 1988 12.19
George H.W. Bush 1989 – 1992 10.68
Richard Nixon 1969 – 1973 9.98
George W. Bush 2001 – 2007 7.89
Harry Truman 1948 – 1952 7.87
William J. Clinton 1993 – 2000 7.80
John F. Kennedy 1961 – 1962 7.27
Lyndon Johnson 1963 – 1968 6.78
Dwight Eisenhower 1953 – 1960 6.26

Oh. THAT Jimmy Carter.

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