Tuesday, February 10, 2009

The Old New Deal reexamined

Fucking commie FDR.
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6 comments:

Tecumseh said...

Preparing Plan B. Sneaky, eh?

2/10/2009 11:17 PM
Mr roT said...

Just like W declaring victory. Not.

2/10/2009 11:20 PM
Tecumseh said...

When certain favored industries suffer from international competition, the New Dealers’ supposed genius at economic planning is invoked; the problem there is that much of their effort on this front was a disaster. The Agricultural Adjustment Administration and National Recovery Administration, for example, were economic and moral disgraces. One would think—or at least hope—that today’s progressives don’t believe small businessmen should be prosecuted or jailed for trying to under-price their big-name competitors, or schoolchildren should be forced to conduct militaristic pageants in support of the government’s agenda.

Sounds wonderful to Pepe's ears.

2/10/2009 11:24 PM
Tecumseh said...

In fact, when it’s convenient, liberals usually brag about the fact that it wasn’t a coherent plan at all. They praise FDR’s “bold experimentation” and “pragmatic trial and error” on a colossal scale. In his famous Oglethorpe University commencement speech in May 1932, FDR himself said some of his proposed program wouldn’t work—and he was right. In a recent interview with 60 Minutes, Obama echoed this argument. “What you see in FDR that I hope my team can emulate is not always getting it right, but projecting a sense of confidence and a willingness to try things and experiment in order to get people working again.”

Oh, boy. This is very confidence-inspiring. Not.

2/10/2009 11:27 PM
Mr roT said...

Logical that these shits would get back into it.

2/10/2009 11:32 PM
Tecumseh said...

The second time it's a farce.

2/11/2009 7:53 AM

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