Trajan
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You didnt live through the 1970s, did you?
Sure I did. Unlike you, though, my memory reaches before that, too, and I've studied enough history to know that there was a time before Jimmy Carter became president.
Oh -- also, I bet you blame Carter for the problems of the '70s and think Reagan fixed 'em? Don't you? Ha! Here's the secret of that time.
Economy turned sour in 1973 (under Nixon not Carter, but it wasn't his fault, either).
Economy recovered in 1983.
OPEC oil embargo began in 1973, followed by ten years of jacked-up oil prices.
North Sea oil came on the market in 1983, breaking OPEC's stranglehold.
Nothing to do with any U.S. government policies under any of the four presidents (Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Reagan) through those years.
a) so if it wasn't nixons fault, who's was it?
b) opec did what exactly and when in response to the "north sea" oil coming online?
c) nothing to do with gov. policies? really? and, you've 'studied history'? seriously?