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In reply to the discussion: This great president has never been recognized at its fair value [View all]Rhiannon12866
(206,853 posts)40. And he almost lost that farm after his four years as president
Because running a family business was a violation of the emoluments clause, he received no notifications about the status of the Carter farm during his years in Washington. When he returned to Georgia in 1980, he learned that because of mismanagement and three years of drought that the farm was deeply in debt. He nearly lost both the farm and his home - which he had helped to build himself. He sold the Carter Warehouse to pay off most of the debt and that's the only reason it was able to remain in the family...
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He also gave up his career as engineer on a nuclear submarine to run that peanut farm
csziggy
Apr 2018
#1
Agree - great post about a great president. The lesser people try to besmirch anyone
erronis
Apr 2018
#17
This sounds like a "horse race" for goodness. The repuglicans are working on the other end. nt
erronis
Apr 2018
#18
He had great policies, didn't he? Unfortunately he suffered from what I call
PatrickforO
Apr 2018
#11
This is a case of a man being ahead of his time. The country was not willing to make sacrifices.
dameatball
Apr 2018
#10
You are correct. I meant the % of the country who went via Reagan and bought the lies.
dameatball
Apr 2018
#25
All Reagan had to do was tell the privileged how great they were and their lives could be perfect
Boomerproud
Apr 2018
#29
Not such a great president, but one of the very best of all human beings!
democratisphere
Apr 2018
#51