Jimmy Carter actually said...

The Nation will shortly begin to tax the windfall profits of the oil industry.

Windfall Profits Tax Legislation Statement on Approval of the Legislation by the House and Senate Conference

02/26/1980

More Jimmy Carter Quotes

Change is inevitable if we are to grow.

This is a time of economic testing for our Nation.

Increasing productivity is the foremost economic challenge of the 1980's.

The Committee was established by the President in 1978 after an interagency policy review of Federal programs affecting veterans of the Viet...