Jimmy Carter in Saving Freedom

On Principles & Values: 1970s: Too many of us worship self-indulgence & consumption

As the debt and dependency of people and the government increased, America found itself in difficult times in the last years of the 1970s. Pres. Carter attempted to blame both the people and the government: "In a nation that was proud of hard work, stron families, close-knit communities, and our faith in God, too many of us now tend to worship self-indulgence and consumption." Carter continued by explaining that we have "a system of government that seems incapable of action...a Congress twisted and pulle in every direction by hundreds of well financed and powerful special interests."

Carter missed the real cause of America's problems. Government was trying to do too much. Government becomes "incapable of acting" when it attempts to serve a large number of particular needs rather than promoting the general welfare. When the federal government began to involve itself in planning specific aspects of America's culture and economy, it was inevitable there would be destructive and costly consequences.

Source: Saving Freedom, by Jim DeMint, p. 35-36 Jul 4, 2009

The above quotations are from Saving Freedom: We Can Stop America's Slide into Socialism, by Sen. Jim DeMint. Click here for other excerpts from Saving Freedom: We Can Stop America's Slide into Socialism, by Sen. Jim DeMint. Click here for other excerpts by Jimmy Carter. Click here for a profile of Jimmy Carter.
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