He left Georgia to attend the U.S. Naval Academy. After serving in the Navy for several years, Carter moved his family back to the farm when his father died. A terrible drought devastated the farm in 1954, leaving him a profit of just $187 ($1,654 in 2017 dollars) that year.

Carter successfully turned the farm around before entering politics.

卡特从小在自家的花生农场里干活儿，10岁时就能一个人拖着车子到镇上卖花生。后来，卡特进入了海军军官学校。几年后，父亲去世，他又举家迁回了农场。1954年，一场大旱让农场几乎颗粒无收，一整年的收入仅有187美元。

Bill Clinton: Congressional clerk

克林顿：国会职员

Clinton attended Georgetown University as an undergrad, but was worried about how to foot the bill. He received some scholarships and help from his parents. His stepfather owned a Buick dealership and his mother was a nurse.

Clinton writes in his autobiography that he was relieved when offered a part-time job as a clerk for the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee that paid him $3,500 ($25,699 in inflation-adjusted dollars) for the year.

"Though I never told anyone at the time, I was afraid I'd have to leave Georgetown and come home, where college was much less expensive," he writes.

克林顿的继父是汽车经销商，母亲是护士，按说他应该没有什么经济上的负担，但乔治城大学还是让他发了愁，除了奖学金和父母的资助外，他还得找一份工作，才能支付高昂的学费。他甚至想过转校，所幸后来美国参议院外交关系委员会给了他一份年薪3500美元的兼职。

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