Quote Originally Posted by Lyle View Post
FDR got in office in 1933 and the unemployment rate didn't fall below 10% until 1941 and for his entire time as President the average unemployment was 13%.....FDR was a great leader, there is no doubt about it but I just figure those numbers say something else about his handling of the economy.

How anyone can carry the water for Jimmy Carter is beyond me...he caused the reccession in the 1980's and he took a weak stance on the energy crisis.
When FDR took office the unemployment rate was 26% so he did a fantastic job reducing it. Of course the thing that finally ended the Depression-era bad economy was the huge government spending programme known as World War Two.

Jimmy Carter did cause the recession by putting interest rates up to double digits. It was the only way to end the double digit inflation caused by his GOP predecessors. That was the act of a strong leader, as was his handling of the energy crisis. What do you think would have been a "strong" response to the 1970s energy crisis Lyle?