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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)4/22/2019 7:47:03 am PDT

re: #163 Anymouse šŸŒ¹

Fair enough.

I donā€™t hold FDR on a pedestal. What he did do was far-and-away better than what the Republicans under Hoover were doing (and Hoover tried to undermine when FDR was elected): Let ā€˜em eat Dust Bowl.

Hoover pretty much set the Republican Partyā€™s ā€œprofits over peopleā€ positions they still have today. Utterly opposed to anything resembling ā€œbank bailouts,ā€ anything resembling social services or welfare for the masses, &c.

Oh of course. Donā€™t get me wrong. The New Deal was a great thing for this country. FDR is beloved in my family especially my momā€™s but I just think heā€™s over-deified by people who want to move the party to the left on economics. They ignore his mistakes and he did make mistakes.