Bert Lance, Carter confidant and former US budget chief, dies at 82

ATLANTA, Aug 17:  Bert Lance, a Georgia banker and long-time friend of former President Jimmy Carter who served as Carter’s budget chief until being forced to resign in 1977 amid bank fraud allegations over which he was later cleared, has died at age 82. Lance, who coined the phrase “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” and was an adviser to Democrat Carter during the 1976 campaign in which he beat incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford, died on Thursday in Calhoun, Georgia, according to a statement from a local funeral home. (agencies)

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