When the New York Times eulogized Jimmy Carter, they praised the man who lived a century and built homes, wrote poems, and monitored elections. But in the same breath, they shrugged at his presidency, dismissing it as “middle of the pack,” citing Iran’s hostage crisis, gas lines, and inflation. Sure, they threw him a bone for deregulating oil prices, but the real weight of his economic legacy? Barely a whisper. Why? Because Carter dared to do something few presidents ever consider: he reduced the government’s chokehold on the economy. That’s a mortal sin in the eyes of the establishment. The Deregulation Revolution Carter wasn’t just a president; he was the Great Deregulator. Under his watch, the government stepped back from…
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