Hey SurfCityTom.....do you plan to have this chip on your shoulder for the next four years? Instead of looking back to the Carter years, when by the way, the make up of our economy was drastically different, you only need to look back 8 years. I'm sure you and some others will continue to defend George W. Bush and blame everything on every Democrat that has ever held office. Anger and ignorance makes for a dismal existence....get over it!