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I remember how Jimmy Carter had to sell the family farm because it was viewed as a potential conflict of interest and how Mitt Romney's father, when making his
by WillAdams 2y ago
I remember how Jimmy Carter had to sell the family farm because it was viewed as a potential conflict of interest and how Mitt Romney's father, when making his run, when asked for a single year of tax returns made them all public, arguing that a single year could easily be manipulated to show anything, and that only by seeing the entirety of multiple years could an accurate evaluation be made.
- opo 2y ago>I remember how Jimmy Carter had to sell the family farm because it was viewed as a potential conflict of interest ... Are you sure you remember that? Jimmy Carter put his farm in a blind trust, he didn't sell it. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/02/24/fact-check-jimmy-carter-put-peanut-farm-blind-trust-during-term-president/11340029002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/02/24/fac...
- WillAdams 2y agoFair. https://www.tastingtable.com/1204239/why-president-jimmy-carter-gave-up-his-peanut-farm/ https://www.tastingtable.com/1204239/why-president-jimmy-car... notes: >Carter sold all his personal stocks, and he put his interest in Carter Warehouse and Carter Farms into a blind trust.