Carter Reelected in 1980. What Happens?

[TeePee4Prez]

With the Sunbelt neo conservative/goldwaterite wing being defeated twice since 1964...

I think Ford and Dole Battle it out in 84.

Ford likely winning because he's had the job once.

You have to give Reagan credit, we had a recession in 82, but that was due-a lot- to contractionary monetary policy which lowered interest rates.

Carter wouldn't have done that....the tax cut wouldn't have happened either, 4 more years of stagflation...so the democrats would probably still have a bad economy in 84...

allowing either Ford or Dole to win.

I'm going to have the disagree with you on this to a point.  Yeah our taxes were too hihg, but Reagan lowered them WAAAY too much and in favro the wealthy even worse than Bush II is now.

[TeePee4Prez]

With the Sunbelt neo conservative/goldwaterite wing being defeated twice since 1964...

I think Ford and Dole Battle it out in 84.

Ford likely winning because he's had the job once.

You have to give Reagan credit, we had a recession in 82, but that was due-a lot- to contractionary monetary policy which lowered interest rates.

Carter wouldn't have done that....the tax cut wouldn't have happened either, 4 more years of stagflation...so the democrats would probably still have a bad economy in 84...

allowing either Ford or Dole to win.

I'm going to have the disagree with you on this to a point.  Yeah our taxes were too hihg, but Reagan lowered them WAAAY too much and in favro the wealthy even worse than Bush II is now.

Again necessary evil.

even if we throw out the tax cuts, Reagan installed Greenspan, and the two created government policy--greenspan especially--that targeted inflation and the interest rate (which should have read...raised)....

Interest rates were high for awhile under reagan (until the tax cuts kicked in) but it solved the inflation problem...causing a very short term unemployment jump (which is to be expected)...but those poor economy problems disappeared for reagan by 84.

But stagflation, Carter would have never done what Reagan and Greenspan did, would have been a very big problem for Mondale or whoever the nominee would have been in 1984.


I know you disagree with the fact that the cuts were too targeted at the wealthy, but the cuts were necessary--could they have been cut in a more "fair" fashion? Probably? But when you're dealing with stagflation "fair" might not have been the best method to use to end the problem. Who's right? I can't say, depends if you want "fairness" or "a more efficient economic recover"...I don't have an answer to the "should" question (ie which path we should have gone on)

Yes Greenspan is excellent at fiscal policy, but I think they may at tiems be politically motivated.  The cuts should have been in a more fair fashion.  Bush I to a point and Clinton (bigtime) had to clean up Reagan's mess.