re: #285 Olsonist

Uh, the Berlin wall didn’t come down under Reagan. It was under Bush.

Looking at the historical mortgage rates:

1979 under Carter: 11.20
1983 under Reagan: 13.24
1987 under Reagan: 10.21
1991 under Bush: 9.25
1995 under Clinton: 7.81

One more thing. That’s a strange statistical sample you’re using. Every four years can’t really show the peaks and valleys - well except for the downward trends that Reagan created. Ya figure Reagan came in in 1981 and any results from legislation he signed wouldn’t take effect until 1982, so Carter’s boat-anchor is buried between ‘79 and ‘81. By 1983 Reagan had reversed Carter’s mess.