Reagan on the Misery Index http://www.reagan-paintings.com
When he was a candidate in 1976, President Carter, invented a thing he called the Misery Index. He added the rate of unemployment and the rate of inflation. And it came at that point to 12.5%, under President Ford. And he said that no man, with that size Misery Index had a right to seek reelection to the presidency . Today, by his own decision, the Misery Index is in excess of 20%