Admittedly, I am old enough to remember the Carter presidency, but, happily, I still retain some degree of mental competency — however limited — and am therefore able to compare it to that of Biden’s administration and note that there are some similarities.
For instance, both men subjected our country to international humiliation arising from the disrespect visited upon our embassies during their respective tenures. Carter lost control of the Tehran facility when it was overrun by militants, and Biden, not to be outdone, was forced to evacuate facilities in Afghanistan, Ukraine, Belarus and Sudan.
Also, both Carter and Biden experienced economic problems but, in defense of Carter, he inherited high inflation with slow economic growth, rising crime and high gas prices, but due to his apparent inability to set consistent policy goals, made these situations even worse.
Carter’s decisions could be considered textbook examples of what not to do.
Biden, on the other hand, inherited a low inflation of 1.9 percent, the lowest gas prices since 2004 and, overall, a much better economy.
Unfortunately, he then made the same mistakes as did Carter, which have boosted the cumulative inflation rate by 20 percent and raised gas prices to be the highest average of any president in past 15 years.
Truly, Biden had to work hard to screw things up as much as he did.
Guess he didn’t read Carter’s textbook. So really, all things considered, Carter was actually a pretty good president.
But only, of course, if you compare him to Biden.
Dick Pilling
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