We only wish the GOP actually paid more than lip service to Ayn Rand. The country could use more of her philosophy. If the GOP purged themselves of the religious wrong and actually advocated real capitalism instead of cronyism, perhaps we’d break out of our Obama/Carteresque malaise.
The New Deal made the Great Depression worse. The best reaction to a depression by a US government was in 1921 (i.e. do nothing). It was actually a more severe depression than the one that started in 1929, but no one remembers it since it was so short.
Also, it was FDR’s “New Deal” that drove the government to force farmers to throw away millions of pounds of food every day in order to drive prices up while millions starved. FDR was convinced that “over production” led to the Depression, and that only by forcing prices up could the economy grow itself out of the Depression
Darsan54 Premium Member over 12 years ago
Yep, that’s what it would take to stop all the arguing.
And of course, McConnell and Boehner would find a way toblame it on Obama.
randayn over 12 years ago
That’s because it probably would be his fault.
rhaacke over 12 years ago
@Darsan54 That’s OK. Obama will blame it on Bush. Bush will blame it on Sadam Hussein and so on…
storstar over 12 years ago
Darsan54 Want a cookie with your kool aid
Bob. over 12 years ago
omly 4.5 billion years to wait
KPOM over 12 years ago
We only wish the GOP actually paid more than lip service to Ayn Rand. The country could use more of her philosophy. If the GOP purged themselves of the religious wrong and actually advocated real capitalism instead of cronyism, perhaps we’d break out of our Obama/Carteresque malaise.
KPOM over 12 years ago
The New Deal made the Great Depression worse. The best reaction to a depression by a US government was in 1921 (i.e. do nothing). It was actually a more severe depression than the one that started in 1929, but no one remembers it since it was so short.
Also, it was FDR’s “New Deal” that drove the government to force farmers to throw away millions of pounds of food every day in order to drive prices up while millions starved. FDR was convinced that “over production” led to the Depression, and that only by forcing prices up could the economy grow itself out of the Depression