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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (468497)4/2/2009 8:34:10 PM
From: SilentZ  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 1578655
 
>No he didn't. Opinions differ as to whether FDR did too much or too little, but the Great Depression continued all the way to WWII.

He cut unemployment in half in like five years. Amity Shlaes is the preeminent revisionist on the topic from which conservative pundits have been taking their cues; the biggest part of her argument involves counting those who were employed in New Deal programs as unemployed.

-Z



To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (468497)4/3/2009 1:40:30 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1578655
 
Opinions differ as to whether FDR did too much or too little, but the Great Depression continued all the way to WWII.

FDR did so well the people kept re electing him. That's why the GOP had the law changed in terms of presidential tenure. They were afraid another good Dem president would come along and tie things up once more.


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