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MannyGoldstein

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1. Unemployment dropped by 40% in FDR's first term

Reply to viguy007 (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:14 AM

Oct 2012

And GDP growth averaged 8+% per year.

It was an incredible recovery.

They started from a deeper hole, but FDR was a good man and a tough man who "welcomed his enemies' hatred", and fought like a bastard to get necessary legislation passed.

By contrast, our current President brags that he's out-Hoovering Hoover on economic policy.

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Just a reminder of why we are here [View all] viguy007 Oct 2012 OP

Unemployment dropped by 40% in FDR's first term MannyGoldstein Oct 2012 #1

Obama focused too much on trying to be bipartisan viguy007 Oct 2012 #2