The White House admits that Jimmy Carter may have drifted out of touch with some economic realities by being cooped up in the Rose Garden because of the hostages in Iran. That was why his speech in Ohio about "turning the tide" seemed out of sync with the alarming slide into recession.
Had Carter talked to an ad salesman on the Los Angeles Times a few weeks ago, he might have known that there were fewer Help Wanted ads, a sure sign of economic stress. Had he stopped in Blair, Neb. (pop. 6,300), the people who live along the highway...
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