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The economy was doing great till 06,when Dem's got the house. That seems to be the great forgotten fact of history.

The fact that the economy is in the shitter has pretty much nothing to do with who controlled the Executive or the Congress in the short term. But keep trying to point those fingers anyway. That's the stupidity the two party system counts on.

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So, FDR made the Great Depression "worse?"

 

That may come as a surprise to the generations of Americans who literally believed FDR saved their lives. You have no concept of what Americans and this country endured during that time.

 

Proof that the American public was just as stupid then as they are now. What Obama wants to do now will have the same effect.

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Neither do you.

 

What, exactly, are you trying to say? The Great Depression was not a catastrophe, it did not impose a severe economic hardship on nearly every American household? Or, was it just a conspiracy to increase the role of government?

 

How exactly did FDR make the Great Depression "worse?" How were American families worse-off under FDR's policies? What would have made the economy and the life of tens of millions of citizens better than what was prescribed overall? Do nothing?

 

This shameful revisionist history defames what the people of this country went through.

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The fact that the economy is in the shitter has pretty much nothing to do with who controlled the Executive or the Congress in the short term. But keep trying to point those fingers anyway. That's the stupidity the two party system counts on.

 

Shhh, don't share the secret. It might require some critical thought on their part, which could be catastropic to their brain housing group.

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What, exactly, are you trying to say? The Great Depression was not a catastrophe, it did not impose a severe economic hardship on nearly every American household? Or, was it just a conspiracy to increase the role of government?

 

How exactly did FDR make the Great Depression "worse?" How were American families worse-off under FDR's policies? What would have made the economy and the life of tens of millions of citizens better than what was prescribed overall? Do nothing?

 

This shameful revisionist history defames what the people of this country went through.

Ill tell you how. The New Deal's tax increases hit poor people harder than they did rich people, as much of them were consumption taxes.

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After watching a little more, it seems as if he did boost morale to help people get through the depression and helped set the stage for them to be ready to come out of it. His getting into the war helped pull us out of it, despite the fact he was re elected on the lie that he wasn't going to get into it. Looks like with FDR, you got good and bad....same with a lot of other presidents

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After watching a little more, it seems as if he did boost morale to help people get through the depression and helped set the stage for them to be ready to come out of it. His getting into the war helped pull us out of it, despite the fact he was re elected on the lie that he wasn't going to get into it. Looks like with FDR, you got good and bad....same with a lot of other presidents

 

'Cept Bush...he's all Bad! don't you read the treads here?

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Really? Please show us a credible article that supports your claim.

the US treasury says "excise taxes were not sound economic policy and often fell disproportionately on the less affluent."

http://www.treasury.gov/education/fact-she...xes/ustax.shtml

 

FDR used excise taxes

 

"the federal government increased income taxes, excise taxes, inheritance taxes, corporate income taxes, holding company taxes and “excess profits” taxes."

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/business/23view.html

 

"The most important source of New Deal revenue were excise taxes levied on alcoholic beverages, cigarettes, matches, candy, chewing gum, margarine, fruit juice, soft drinks, cars, tires (including tires on wheelchairs), telephone calls, movie tickets, playing cards, electricity, radios -- these and many other everyday things were subject to New Deal excise taxes, which meant that the New Deal was substantially financed by the middle class and poor people. Yes, to hear FDR's "Fireside Chats," one had to pay FDR excise taxes for a radio and electricity!"

 

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=3357

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After watching a little more, it seems as if he did boost morale to help people get through the depression and helped set the stage for them to be ready to come out of it. His getting into the war helped pull us out of it, despite the fact he was re elected on the lie that he wasn't going to get into it. Looks like with FDR, you got good and bad....same with a lot of other presidents
His economic policies only prolonged the depression, though.
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the US treasury says "excise taxes were not sound economic policy and often fell disproportionately on the less affluent."

http://www.treasury.gov/education/fact-she...xes/ustax.shtml

 

FDR used excise taxes

 

"the federal government increased income taxes, excise taxes, inheritance taxes, corporate income taxes, holding company taxes and “excess profits” taxes."

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/business/23view.html

 

"The most important source of New Deal revenue were excise taxes levied on alcoholic beverages, cigarettes, matches, candy, chewing gum, margarine, fruit juice, soft drinks, cars, tires (including tires on wheelchairs), telephone calls, movie tickets, playing cards, electricity, radios -- these and many other everyday things were subject to New Deal excise taxes, which meant that the New Deal was substantially financed by the middle class and poor people. Yes, to hear FDR's "Fireside Chats," one had to pay FDR excise taxes for a radio and electricity!"

 

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=3357

 

This is laughable. Dude, you can't make 3+2 = 4 no matter how convoluted you arrange your "evidence."

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'Cept Bush...he's all Bad! don't you read the treads here?

Sometimes how you react to a crisis defines the term, sometimes the crisis itself defines the term. I don't think he had a good presidency, but none of the backseat executives would want to be in that office. I disagree with most of what he did, but he tried to serve his country as best as he could. I don't think Obama is all that great, but I just hope he can do better. I want to see our president do well, no matter who it is or what party he is from

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The fact that the economy is in the shitter has pretty much nothing to do with who controlled the Executive or the Congress in the short term. But keep trying to point those fingers anyway. That's the stupidity the two party system counts on.

 

 

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This is laughable. Dude, you can't make 3+2 = 4 no matter how convoluted you arrange your "evidence."

FDR used excise taxes to raise a large portion of tax revenue = fact

Excise taxes hit the poor harder than the rich = fact

These policies hurt the poor = fact

 

 

 

 

 

there is no debating it. I'd like to see a response other than retardedness, but i guess that's asking too much.

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