Ummm, did you just make up those numbers?  Because they sure aren't GDP growth rates.  Maybe the Fed Funds rates, which shows how disastrous Jimmy Carter was for the middle class?  Here are the ACTUAL numbers.  A great thing about this country is people are free to have opinions.  But when it comes to statistical data, your opinion doesn't count as fact.  Stupid stupid liberal.

1971 3.3%
1972 5.2%
1973 5.6%
1974 -0.5%
1975 -0.2%
1976 5.4%
1977 4.6%
1978 5.6%
1979 3.2%
1980 -0.2%
1981 2.6%
1982 -1.9%
1983 4.6%
1984 7.3%
1985 4.2%
1986 3.5%

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