Lee Iacocca Quotes
Most people are looking for security, a nice, safe, prosperous future. And there's nothing wrong with that. It's called the American Dream.
Iacocca, Lee, and William Novak. Iacocca: An Autobiography. Bantam Books, 1984.
The statement was used later by Lyndon B. Johnson in his presidency. However the first President to brag about good economic times was Benjamin Harrison {618540}.
The economy was terrific under the Republicans and it is always hard to run against a successful economy. However, the lack of meaningful regulation and corporate and financial dominance caused the economy to come crashing down in 1929. See Hoover’s description {603859},
Actually the statement is not literally true though the exceptions are not numerous. People who sold their American common stocks before the 1929 stock market made money. The few people who bet against the U. S. Housing and Mortgage markets before the Meltdown of 2008, made a great deal of money. Over extended long periods, Biden’s statement is true.
Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca was an American automobile executive best known for the development of the Ford Mustang and Ford Pinto cars while at the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s, and for reviving the Chrysler Corporation as its CEO during the 1980s. He was president and CEO of Chrysler from 1978 and chairman from 1979, until his retirement at the end of 1992. He was one of the few executives to preside over the operations of two of the Big Three automakers.