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Old 05-24-2012, 05:14 PM
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Referring to this. Claiming any of this is due to Carter or Obama is ridiculous. Riding the wave of the bubbles that all burst after Clinton and letting Democratic presidents of the last 50 years take credit is bunk.
Well, I think you have to take it for what it is (and not more), a generalized average via those metrics, using those sources, and compare to other sources of information about those years if it raises questions in your mind.

Why would you not think Carter's presidency or Clinton's presidency should be included?

For example, I found this regarding "Income growth", from Slate, covering from 1948:

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