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To: nihil who wrote (82972)	6/27/2000 10:01:00 PM
From: Father Terrence	Respond to of 108807

Milton Friedman, in his excellent book, "Free to Choose," made a very strong case that Roosevelt's policies kept the U.S. in a depression years longer than it would have otherwise lasted. In fact, it was only the economic shock of WWII that ended the depression years.

To: nihil who wrote (82972)	6/28/2000 10:06:00 PM
From: Tom Clarke	Respond to of 108807

I'm not surprised the Keepers of Official Knowledge didn't list the book. It was published in 1938, but it is a compilation of speeches given and resolutions written in the late 20s and early 30s. As I flip through the document called The Labour Charter (promulgated by the Grand Council of Fascism on April 21, 1927), it is easy to see why New Deal liberals and Popular Front radicals loved Il Duce. As for Flynn, I see no reason to believe anything he wrote Why is Flynn not to believed? He was a respected journalist whose views were not out of place in that bastion of liberal orthodoxy, The New Republic, where he worked. Flynn actually supported the Democratic party platform in 1932, which called for an end to the extravagant spending of the Republicans, a balanced budget, and the abolition of the new government bureaus and commissions which had begun to accumulate. But Flynn became disillusioned when he saw that the New Deal that was sold to the American people bore no resemblance to the one that was being imposed on them.