Comments on: Reassessing Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal Policies http://www.blog4history.com/2010/01/reassessing-franklin-d-roosevelts-new-deal-policies/ Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:26:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Joshua Judd http://www.blog4history.com/2010/01/reassessing-franklin-d-roosevelts-new-deal-policies/comment-page-1/#comment-19522 Joshua Judd Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:02:31 +0000 http://www.blog4history.com/?p=1066#comment-19522 The New Deal staved off disaster, but not much more. But in the context of the time, it was a success. When people discuss New Deal Policy, they seem to think it was a "rough patch" rather than a near collapse of the economy. Today our unemployment stands a around 9%, during the depression it was at 25%! Additionally, you had the Dust Bowl occuring, destroting the ussually stable farming ecomonomy. Roosevelt was taking direct action rather than doing nothing. Thats the catch here. What would conservatives that disagree with Keynes have him do? Sit there with his thumb in his mouth and "hope" the Corporations figured things out? FDR attacked the problem, and the American people loved him for it. The guy was reelected 3 times! Some of his victories were landslides. To argue that the "New Deal" was a failure is to say the President should have sat back and watched the collapse of the economy. I highly suggest reading "No Ordinary Times" Dorris Kearns-Goodwin to get an appreciation for the strength and intelligence of Roosevelt. Revisionist History of "New Deal" policy is dangerous, and seeks to put forward the myth that the unchecked free market always knows best when it comes to economics. The New Deal staved off disaster, but not much more. But in the context of the time, it was a success. When people discuss New Deal Policy, they seem to think it was a “rough patch” rather than a near collapse of the economy. Today our unemployment stands a around 9%, during the depression it was at 25%! Additionally, you had the Dust Bowl occuring, destroting the ussually stable farming ecomonomy. Roosevelt was taking direct action rather than doing nothing. Thats the catch here. What would conservatives that disagree with Keynes have him do? Sit there with his thumb in his mouth and “hope” the Corporations figured things out? FDR attacked the problem, and the American people loved him for it. The guy was reelected 3 times! Some of his victories were landslides. To argue that the “New Deal” was a failure is to say the President should have sat back and watched the collapse of the economy. I highly suggest reading “No Ordinary Times” Dorris Kearns-Goodwin to get an appreciation for the strength and intelligence of Roosevelt. Revisionist History of “New Deal” policy is dangerous, and seeks to put forward the myth that the unchecked free market always knows best when it comes to economics.

]]> By: Nick Pilcher http://www.blog4history.com/2010/01/reassessing-franklin-d-roosevelts-new-deal-policies/comment-page-1/#comment-14264 Nick Pilcher Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:36:48 +0000 http://www.blog4history.com/?p=1066#comment-14264 i don't think he saved jobs but i am pretty sure he thought that the united states was capable of taking care of themselves when in fact they weren't and he contradicted his beliefs which i why it took so long to get government relief i don’t think he saved jobs but i am pretty sure he thought that the united states was capable of taking care of themselves when in fact they weren’t and he contradicted his beliefs which i why it took so long to get government relief

]]> By: Richard Williams http://www.blog4history.com/2010/01/reassessing-franklin-d-roosevelts-new-deal-policies/comment-page-1/#comment-14000 Richard Williams Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:32:06 +0000 http://www.blog4history.com/?p=1066#comment-14000 Oops, that was a two-parter. Let me try again: “Was the Great Depression prolonged by FDR’s policies? Yes, most definitely, for all the reasons you've already stated. Did FDR “save” jobs and save the economy enough to keep it afloat?” No, he simply prolonged the inevitable, which is very similar to what the current administration and Congress is doing. Oops, that was a two-parter. Let me try again:

“Was the Great Depression prolonged by FDR’s policies? Yes, most definitely, for all the reasons you’ve already stated.

Did FDR “save” jobs and save the economy enough to keep it afloat?”

No, he simply prolonged the inevitable, which is very similar to what the current administration and Congress is doing.

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