FDR vs Ronald Reagan (unemployment, death, brainwashing, cost)

[EinsteinsGhost]

Originally Posted by Kirdik

The New Deal industrial and labor policies prolonged the Great Depression by about 7 years.

And who told you that?

[Fleet]

Originally Posted by burdell

He was also one of 'those' Hollywood people Republicans are so fond of whining about

Yes, but that was before he was the governor.

[Kirdik]

Originally Posted by Frankie117

Any president who rounds up fellow American citizens and sticks them in internment camps clearly does not belong anywhere near the top.

That is such an ugly stain on his presidency. It easily makes him one of the worst presidents. That's probably why liberals never mention that.

[Kirdik]

Originally Posted by EinsteinsGhost

And who told you that?

There are quite a few books on the subject.

[kevinm]

Originally Posted by knowledgeiskey

The New Deal Saved This Country from collapsing.

What are you talking about?

You mean the new deal that prolonged the Great Depression?? FDR slept while the Japanese were sailing towards Pearl Harbor.

[Fleet]

Originally Posted by carterstamp

Sorry, Reagan was a good orator, but, as far as Presidents go? He left 2 major legacies:

AIDs (They ignored it into a major epidemic)

That is not true. AIDS was not "ignored" by the Reagan administration.

According to Congressional Research Service, federal spending on HIV/AIDS began at $8 million in fiscal year 1982. By the time Reagan left office, the fiscal 1989 budget contained $2.322 billion for HIV/AIDS. Overall, between fiscal 1982 and 1989, the Reagan administration spend $5.727 billion on HIV/AIDS.

The average annual increase in HIV/AIDS funding over this period was 128.92%.

[emcee squared]

Originally Posted by Kirdik

Sounds like something a professor from Berkeley would say.

Good guess. Unfortunately, I don't go to Berkeley.

[EinsteinsGhost]

Originally Posted by Kirdik

There are quite a few books on the subject.

And why do you assume the author is a know all? Could you provide a glimpse into the claims that offered the alternate world without the New Deal?

[58robbo]

Originally Posted by EinsteinsGhost

And who told you that?

i was once on the fdr express, possibly because that is what i had to study at school. once i read revisionist works on fdr, it switched my opinion of the man.
you will probably never buy fdr's folly or new deal: raw deal so i thought i'd post a yt video for you. fdr is particularly important because our current president is repeating some of fdr'd failed ideology.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SNW0os5HpU

[EinsteinsGhost]

Originally Posted by 58robbo

i was once on the fdr express, possibly because that is what i had to study at school. once i read revisionist works on fdr, it switched my opinion of the man.
you will probably never buy fdr's folly or new deal: raw deal so i thought i'd post a yt video for you. fdr is particularly important because our current president is repeating some of fdr'd failed ideology.

I will take your word for now, since I won't get to watch the video for a while. But look for my response in couple of days.