The difference is modern democrats are living in a world after 40 years of deregulation so it’s much less obvious whether further mass deregulation would be ben

The difference is modern democrats are living in a world after 40 years of deregulation so it’s much less obvious whether further mass deregulation would be beneficial, Carter’s balanced budget emphasis was borne out of the mistaken idea that inflation was being caused by Federal deficits, and there’s no exceptional Left resistance to JPow’s rate hikes and tightening. His other policies were largely in line with center-left policies of today, mediating conflicts, reducing dependency on foreign oil, renewables investments, expansion of federal health care support, massive expansion of parks and conservation land, established Superfund, supporting marijuana decriminalization. On gay rights, he was the first president to meet with any gay marriage proponents and he worked (with Reagan) to defeat the proposed California law that would ban gay people from teaching positions (history doesn’t repeat but it often rhymes).