FDR and New Deal: Conservatives have lied to us
ecthompsonmd
June 5, 2011
Conservatives have taken to saying that FDR’s New Deal didn’t work. Nothing can be further from the truth. It is a lie. It is the worst kind of lie, designed to hamper our recovery today. Conservatives love to say that government spending didn’t work in the 1930’s and it isn’t going to work today. Well, let’s look at the evidence. Since some commentors thought my post was a little thin, the following is from an earlier post: In my mind, we need to focus on one (the economy) and then the other (deficits). We need to create jobs, high-quality jobs which
