I dont have any problem hearing about other ideas, I didnt have any problem with brians first post “FDR: fail” its true, The New Deal didnt end the depression, and caused lots of deficit spending. BUT if you ask anyone from that era they are going to tell you “His constant attempts gave us hope/confidence” the country was on the brink of falling apart and he held it together and gave people hope. The one thing nobody ever considers is that there may not have been a recovery at all, America isn’t invincible, its not completely ridiculous to believe we could have been left as a 3rd world country..

It wasnt until the second post when he started trashing FDR and making up “widely acknowledged” facts that I was annoyed

If you think you know better than all the historians who devote their lives to studying the past and consistently rank him in the top 3 (Lincoln is always first, then FDR or Washington). Then what would be the point in me arguing with you Im obviously not smarter than the almighty Brian.. Nobody is!! I dont have any history degrees, just a brain ;)

Nice Steeeve..I see your sharp argument is to suggest kicking Georgia out because there are only 5 sharp people left? Hey, I am impressed. Nice example of partisan hackery.

Question for you guys who love FDR. Do you love Bernie Madoff as much? People suggest Madoff implemented the largest ponzi scheme in the history of the world? That simply is not true, FDR signed into law the social security Act in 1935 and as with all good Ponzi schemes, those first in will do well but alas…as with all Ponzi scheme’s….last out get the shaft.

Yes, thanks FDR and every politicians who has failed to address the Ponzi nature of Scial Security and the like by adding additional entitlements onto it. My grand pa thanks you and my grandkids are slaves to a system that is bound for BK. There is a limit to every printing press and borrowers ability to pay it back.

Call us GA boys dumb if you wish but with your next comment, how about addressing the real issue at hand if you wish to blog with the adults please.

By the way, was there a memo sent out that I missed suggesting liberals assert that anyone not towing the line must only consume Limbaugh and the like? I am one of those strange ducks, I like to read form lots of sources and then think about things and draw conclusions. Seems like the pat retort from the left these days is “you just listen to Rush.”

Have a wonderful day or as we say in the south, “ya’ll come back now ya hear?”

http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/FDR-s-Policies-Prolonged-Depression-5409.aspx

It seems to me that if we were really interested in finding solutions, instead of pushing agenda’s, we’d be willing to have theses conversions. But all I see is that any economic school of thought that isn’t Keynesian Theory is dismissed rather than discussed.

*sigh* When can we kick Georgia out? its not worth the 5 intelligent people living there.

Not sure how that would discredit the post considering it is the truth. It is well known and widely acknowledged except in the deepest recesses of Liberal hell that FDR’s policies extended the depressionary period while preventing a normal economic recovery. We can thank Emperor Hirohito and some Japanese air units for lighting the fuse that finally brought us into a war economy and out of the depression.

Geeze, how long will the FDR myth linger?

We need to practice some patience right now because a lack of it is what contributed to this collapse in the first place.

Good God! A few weeks ago it was all Chicken Little and the sky was falling if something, ANYTHING, wasn’t done RIGHT NOW!!!!

Now we are suppose to practice patience with the effects of the stimulus bill, but not with its passage.

Okay…

Hoover: Fail
FDR: Fail
Japan in 90s: Fail
Bush II: Fail

Furthermore, just because much of the money will be spent in the first couple of years doesn’t mean that money is being spent in something that even resembles how Keynesian stimulus is supposed to allegedly work.

Take the huge chunk of school spending, for example. Education spending has already been *skyrocketing* for the last decade. What stimulative effect has that had?

The problem here is this bill is packed full of expenses that may or may not make sense on their own merits, but have nothing to do with economic stimulus. The responsible thing to do is take out the allegedly stimulative parts of this bill, and vote on *that*.