JAMES CARTER: The Standard Of ‘Are You Better Off?’
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In what was arguably the most memorable moment of the sole debate between President Jimmy Carter and Gov. Ronald Reagan in the 1980 presidential campaign, Reagan famously asked the American people: “Are you better off…
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