This is not just a figure; it's a constant daily robbing of those who are retired.
Jimmy Carter
The Public Record
Jimmy Earl Carter served as the 39th President of the United States from January 20, 1977, to January 20, 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously held the office of Governor of Georgia from January 12, 1971, to July 1, 1975. During his presidency, Carter focused on human rights, energy conservation, and the Camp David Accords, which led to a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. His administration also faced significant challenges, including the Iran Hostage Crisis and economic difficulties marked by inflation and unemployment.
I have tried to do this at the national level and our people throughout the country have been told that one of the major supportive forces we have is in the labor movement.
I would never increase taxes on Americans who work for a living, or who report all their tax, all their income on a tax form.
The continuing global proliferation of nuclear weapons is a dangerous and unacceptable barrier to world peace.
Any country possessing a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant can recover the plutonium needed to make an atomic bomb from the spent fuel rods of an atomic power reactor.
We have committed two-thirds of all of our federal energy research and development funds to atomic power.
We must not use the difficulty of the nuclear proliferation problem as an excuse to justify timidity on the part of the United States in standing up for the goal of world peace through limitation on the proliferation of nuclear weapons…
President Ford has seriously neglected this country's obligations under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
I give you my word of honor. I don't believe anybody who has been bogged down in Washington 25 or 30 years is going to make a change that's basic.
There is only one person in this country who can speak with a clear voice to the American people.
We believe that it's best to put the authority and the responsibility as near as possible to the individual human being.
We prefer a minimum of secrecy in government and a maximum of privacy in our own lives.
The Republicans have managed for the past eight years to give us both rising unemployment rates and rising inflation.
The Republicans have proved they can give us high unemployment and high inflation at the same time.





