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Than I guess it was just an unintended consequence to show how the unemployment rate never went up following a Democrat presidency; whereas Reagan was the only Republican president who could boast that.Was it your goal to show how the unemployment rate rose after every Republican president except Reagan; but never after any Democrat president?
It was to show that Reagan Inherited an exploding unemployment rate and high interest rates when he took office. A Recession nearly equivalent to the one in 2008. His actions created a recovery even though it took a couple of years to get it under control. Obama has been in their a while and still can't get it together.
Either way, it was a hit on Carter which was clearly in the posts of this op.
Oh, and Reagan inherited a declining unemployment rate. Unemployment peaked under Carter at 7.8% in July, 1980. It then trickled downward to 7.2% in July, 1981, when the country entered the Reagan Recession.
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