Jimmy Carter: Crisis of Confidence

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President Carter speaks to Americans about the "crisis of confidence" in American government, values, and way of life, as the public expresses doubt in a better future for their own children. Carter challenges citizens to unite and address the problems in America by first addressing the energy shortage.

July 15th, 1979

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[seamoremonster]

@fordeboi Exactly they're still swallowing the Reagan propaganda and waiting for the trickle of the Trickle Down Economic bullshit.. You would think that after thirty years they'd know better. You can't say they aren't slow. Enron, Halliburton, BP Oil and they still think the solution is to deregulate and get rid of the EPA.

[seamoremonster]

@jmjfanss Bullshit. Leave a remark when you have a degree in Constitutional Law and when you are adult enough to realise the Constitution was written more than 200 years ago before cars, before big industry, and before the computer...and was designed by Founding Fathers to accommodate change. You want to be a Constitutional Fundamentalists then get rid of your car, computer and gun and go to horse back, muskets and candle light.

[transcend7782]

The 33 people who "disliked" this are fascism-loving, mentally and spiritually retarded sheep. 

[marsglorious]

If America had followed and given this man the respect he deserved, it wouldn't be in position it is today, bankrupt, an environmental pariah, bogged down in hopeless foreign wars. It would be the world leader not the European Union as it is increasingly appearing. This was America's opportunity to go down a path of tackling the world's problems, be the hero it always wants to be, unfortunately they choose greed.

[gross007]

@PrinceMyshkin22 Ron Paul may have some views of Reagan but he is not tied to corporations like Reagan and even said his policies while president almost made him leave the party. FDR had a good short term solution but it wouldn't have sustained. The only reason it worked was because of WWII and before we joined we profited off European countries who pumped in money for weapons. You need to read more about economics and libertarian ideas before you make such statements and belittle Ron Paul.

[TheTerrorUforgot]

@seamoremonster And slave ownership.

[oneadrian]

Why do so many murkans despise this fine man?

[PrinceMyshkin22]

Jimmy Carter was an excellent president. Unfortunately, a B-list actor and GE corporate spokesman was elected not once, but twice. His policy of demonizing the government has haunted the most vulnerable economically in our country for over 35 years now. Trickle-UP works out for the very wealthy whites, but as for the middle-class to the most poor, it's been a nightmare. Ron Paul is like Reagan on steroids, he makes a few good points, but mostly he is a heartless old bastard. We need another FDR!

[DRisLegend200919]

i like carter he wasnt a good pres but a decent person

[douglaz74]

Obama and Romney are not the answer!

[douglaz74]

The Days of Wine and Roses are over!

[douglaz74]

What we need now is a president to admit that we need to make serious budget cuts and carry through with it. We need Thatcherite budget reforms to all parts of the budget because if not the

US will end up like Greece or Spain in Debt Crisis. Already the debt is equal to the national economy