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Re:President Jimmy Carter has passed away by WalterBright on Sunday December 29, 2024 @05:34PM (#42544042)
As Reagan's first Executive Order, he repealed all oil and gas allocation and price controls.

The chronic gas lines disappeared literally overnight, and never came back.

I remember that day well.

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Re:President Jimmy Carter has passed away by metabagel on Sunday December 29, 2024 @05:42PM (#42544119)
He also campaigned on states rights to win over southern whites racists, and he ignored the AIDS epidemic, because his supporters thought it was God’s punishment for homosexuals.
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Re:President Jimmy Carter has passed away by wistlo on Sunday December 29, 2024 @06:06PM (#42544365)
Funny thing, I didn't any trouble finding gasoline on January 19, 1981.
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Re:President Jimmy Carter has passed away by WalterBright on Sunday December 29, 2024 @06:30PM (#42544582)
There were gas allocations at the time, too. Those allocations resulted in a patchwork of gluts and shortages across the country.
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