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elleng

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21. Anyone remember The New Deal, under FDR???
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 03:19 PM
Feb 2020

The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1939. It responded to needs for relief, reform, and recovery from the Great Depression. Major federal programs and agencies included the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), the Civil Works Administration (CWA), the Farm Security Administration (FSA), the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 (NIRA) and the Social Security Administration (SSA). They provided support for farmers, the unemployed, youth and the elderly. The New Deal included new constraints and safeguards on the banking industry and efforts to re-inflate the economy after prices had fallen sharply. New Deal programs included both laws passed by Congress as well as presidential executive orders during the first term of the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

The programs focused on what historians refer to as the "3 Rs": relief for the unemployed and poor, recovery of the economy back to normal levels, and reform of the financial system to prevent a repeat depression.[1] The New Deal produced a political realignment, making the Democratic Party the majority (as well as the party that held the White House for seven out of the nine presidential terms from 1933 to 1969) with its base in liberal ideas, the South, traditional[clarification needed] Democrats, big city machines and the newly empowered labor unions and non-whites and ethnic whites. The Republicans were split, with conservatives opposing the entire New Deal as hostile to business and economic growth and liberals in support. The realignment crystallized into the New Deal coalition that dominated presidential elections into the 1960s while the opposing conservative coalition largely controlled Congress in domestic affairs from 1937 to 1964.[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal




and FDR served March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided

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Bloomberg will lose 50 jimfields33 Feb 2020 #1
The OP was silly, Codeine Feb 2020 #6
I wanted to be as respectful as I could. jimfields33 Feb 2020 #11
See Reply # 12 Moderateguy Feb 2020 #15
100% agreed cherryinpa Feb 2020 #19
+ 61,000,000,000 agreed!!!!!!! jimfields33 Feb 2020 #28
He's so electable nobody votes for him. Voltaire2 Feb 2020 #48
BERNIE IS ...... so electable nobody votes for him. trueblue2007 Feb 2020 #65
LOL, before guessin bout Joe's chances, maybe you should wait til he wins his very 1st state InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #57
SERIOUSLY!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #63
I doubt anywhere near so many. Codeine Feb 2020 #2
I agree with you Moderateguy Feb 2020 #12
Well given Joe's primary record, this bein his THIRD primary race loss, counting 1988 & 2008... InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #59
I don't know about 45 but it will be a majority of the states. redstatebluegirl Feb 2020 #3
78 year old socialist who just had a heart attack. This is insane. EveHammond13 Feb 2020 #4
Well if Bernie wins the Primary HopeAgain Feb 2020 #17
Of course. Codeine Feb 2020 #22
DUers are a tiny fraction of the electorate, unfortunately, pnwmom Feb 2020 #23
For a time after being founded, DU represented the true progressive left base of the party. LonePirate Feb 2020 #51
Better then a 78-year old republican endorser jimfields33 Feb 2020 #25
Amen LeftTurn3623 Feb 2020 #29
Well if he can get asshole Republicans elected, imagine what he could do for worthwhile Democrats? dem4decades Feb 2020 #54
at least we know he has a heart Blues Heron Feb 2020 #78
I will remember this and mock you mercilessly when you're wrong. Gravitycollapse Feb 2020 #5
"We only lost 43! You fool!!" Codeine Feb 2020 #8
and what do I get when there's 4 more years of trump and the Courts are destroyed EveHammond13 Feb 2020 #9
You get..the end of America as we know it. LakeArenal Feb 2020 #41
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy will be the next speaker come 2021 Gothmog Feb 2020 #86
Who do you think of the candidates will get the most EC votes? lunasun Feb 2020 #7
Warren MoonlitKnight Feb 2020 #45
At least. Remember that we have never, ever, elected a "liberal" President... TreasonousBastard Feb 2020 #10
Different times, different measures? fleabiscuit Feb 2020 #46
Yep, that FDR guy was so far to the right MoonlitKnight Feb 2020 #47
Kennedy Truman Johnson all ran as liberals. Voltaire2 Feb 2020 #49
to at least one politician that would be mission of a lifetime accomplished nt msongs Feb 2020 #13
Thank you for that scientific analysis Bradshaw3 Feb 2020 #14
That's just not possible. It means Trump sweeps the Northeast or Pacific Northwest tritsofme Feb 2020 #16
Telling supporters of a Dem candidate Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2020 #18
The margin won't matter because the country Maru Kitteh Feb 2020 #20
Anyone remember The New Deal, under FDR??? elleng Feb 2020 #21
Anyone remember FDR campaigning on the New Deal? brooklynite Feb 2020 #74
I've always wanted to own a crystal ball. nt yaesu Feb 2020 #24
I'd say 39 greenjar_01 Feb 2020 #26
Rhode Island is ours. jimfields33 Feb 2020 #31
Dammit: I always forget about Rhode Island. Correct: 38. We'll lose 38 states greenjar_01 Feb 2020 #33
Lol. You blink while driving and you are out of the state. jimfields33 Feb 2020 #34
I live in NM Turin_C3PO Feb 2020 #60
If we elected Bloomberg we will end up with a Republican President eitherway LeftTurn3623 Feb 2020 #27
Great point. LakeArenal Feb 2020 #42
Not if he fulfills his current policy plans. BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #53
Then get off your ass and help out, regardless of the nominee. shotten99 Feb 2020 #30
Being completely honest, I think Bernie would lose 31 states CalFione Feb 2020 #32
I think WA, IL, NJ will be in play Moderateguy Feb 2020 #35
Illinois and Washington won't be in play, but we'll surely lose Jersey greenjar_01 Feb 2020 #39
I was basing IL on my small business owing family there Moderateguy Feb 2020 #44
There is zero chance that Illinois will vote for Trump greenjar_01 Feb 2020 #69
Virginia? Doubtful jimfields33 Feb 2020 #38
Oh, puhlease🙄 TDale313 Feb 2020 #36
And if we nominate Bloomberg sarisataka Feb 2020 #37
Unless ourselves are already lost. LakeArenal Feb 2020 #43
THIS!! How anyone sees replacing Biden with Bloomberg as a good move is mystifying. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #62
Oh how I love a good laugh on a Monday afternoon. Thanks! Nanjeanne Feb 2020 #40
Which 5 do you think Sanders will carry? Fiendish Thingy Feb 2020 #50
I'm not even a Bernie fan, and this is flat out dumb. bearsfootball516 Feb 2020 #52
A lot of folks will stay home if Bernie mylightningtoo Feb 2020 #55
I think it's 4 states WA-03 Democrat Feb 2020 #56
I hate handmade34 Feb 2020 #61
No way. Turin_C3PO Feb 2020 #75
I like Bernie, He is probably more in line with my personal feelings, but..... Chainfire Feb 2020 #58
THEN I SAY, Use logic, don't nominate him. [[ the OP said ]] If we nominate Bernie we will lose 45 trueblue2007 Feb 2020 #64
They really think he's got a shot. Will they learn a lesson when he gets blown out? Probably not. PubliusEnigma Feb 2020 #66
Bookmarked. I'll see you on November 4th and then we'll see who was right. totodeinhere Feb 2020 #67
GOOD. EveHammond13 Feb 2020 #70
Which ones exactly? aikoaiko Feb 2020 #68
I agree that is sanders is the nominee, trump will win 45+ states Gothmog Feb 2020 #71
REMINDING EveHammond13 Feb 2020 #72
trump wants to run against a weak and unelectable candiddate like sanders Gothmog Feb 2020 #73
RCP polling average has Bernie beating Trump in MI, PA, WI. Boulevardier Feb 2020 #76
Bloomberg Liberalhammer Feb 2020 #77
Bernie Will Win 45 States In The General - Remember I Told You So (n/t) corbettkroehler Feb 2020 #79
Trump is salivating at the prospect of running against Sanders Gothmog Feb 2020 #82
No Amount Of Speculation Will Deter Berners corbettkroehler Feb 2020 #83
Trump is trying to pick his general election opponent Gothmog Feb 2020 #85
Watch Me Tremble (Uncontrollably) corbettkroehler Feb 2020 #88
Only the racist, sexist billionaire can win Bradical79 Feb 2020 #80
Bloomberg Campaign Hints at Damaging Sanders Info Gothmog Feb 2020 #81
If the Russians want to re-elect Trump makes perfect sense they want Sanders Gothmog Feb 2020 #84
+1 EveHammond13 Feb 2020 #87
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