I have 99% percent of my body in neutral territory and 1 toe in FF land.
Inflation began to spiral out of control on day 1 of his presidency, but on balance he's a decent salt of the earth person with a respectable agenda. Genuine civil rights leader, unlike LBJ. Anti-death-penalty. Triple deregulation, particularly beer brewing deregulation. Energy hawk, and he led by example when it came to conservation.
If it weren't for inflation, and his status in the modern day as a sort of senile relic of the Keynesian era, I'd be more solidly in the FF category.
Inflation started becoming a problem in the final years of Nixon's presidency. You've never heard of the "Whip Inflation Now" buttons Gerald Ford used to pass out?
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