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Old 02-17-2009, 11:49 PM   #10
sugarpop
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Originally Posted by Redux View Post
I'm more of a Keynesian.

Nice revisionist history on the New Deal.

The New Deal raised the GDP significantly between 32-37...until FDR slowed it down in 37 because of pressure from Republicans that it was creating deficits. Then the growth stopped until WW II.
That bears repeating...

Have you heard some republicans now trying to blame Roosevelt for the great depression? apparently he found a time machine somewhere...
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