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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Mon Feb-09-09 05:09 PMOriginal message If Republicans had been in charge when America needed FDR's New Deal Can you imagine if a Republican president had been in charge when America needed the New Deal?Here are just some ideas of where we'd be today:1. Mexico would be passing anti-immigration laws to keep Americans out2. Debtor's prison would be a reality today (bankruptcy would be a crime against the Constitution)3. Homeless would be required to go to a Evangelical Church service before getting food and/or shelter4. Women would have lost the right to vote, could not go to school and would be required to serve in convents until they were married (unless they came from wealthy families)5. We would have lords, barons and royalty who's wealth came from serfs and indentured servantsPlease feel free to add to this list.
these people are morons
Mexico would be passing anti-immigration laws to keep Americans out
Homeless would be required to go to a Evangelical Church service before getting food and/or shelter
berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Mon Feb-09-09 05:09 PMOriginal message If Republicans had been in charge when America needed FDR's New Deal
Nice to know the Republicans have gained power as the minority players. Wooo Hooo for us!!KC
You got off your ass, now get your wife off her back.
Don't celebrate..................republicans balls and spines are the kenny's of Southpark fame
Debtor's prison would be a reality today
Women would have lost the right to vote, could not go to school and would be required to serve in convents until they were married
We would have lords, barons and royalty who's wealth came from serfs and indentured servants
We would have been out of the depression in 1935?Yep.
After his successful election in November 1928, Hoover entered office with a plan for reform of the nation's regulatory system. A dedicated Progressive and Reformer, Hoover saw the presidency as a vehicle for improving the conditions of all Americans by regulation and by encouraging volunteerism. Long before he entered politics he denounced laissez-faire thinking. As Commerce Secretary he had taken an active pro-regulation stance. As President, he helped push tariff and farm subsidy bills through Congress.Hoover expanded civil service coverage of Federal positions, canceled private oil leases on government lands, ... He appointed a commission which set aside 3 million acres of national parks and 2.3 million acres of national forests; advocated tax reduction for low-income Americans; closed certain tax loopholes for the wealthy; doubled the number of veteran's hospital facilities; wrote a Children's Charter that advocated protection of every child regardless of race or gender....
Hoover's well as the economy were put to the test with the onset of The Great Depression. At the outset of the Depression, Hoover claims in his memoirs that he rejected Treasury Secretary Mellon's suggested "leave-it-alone" approach. Critics, such as liberal economist Paul Krugman, on the other hand, accuse Hoover of sharing Mellon's laissez-faire viewpoint. His policies, however, had little or no effect. As the economy quickly deteriorated in the early years of the Great Depression, Hoover declined to pursue legislative relief, believing that it would make people dependent on the federal government. Instead, he organized a number of voluntary measures with businesses, encouraged state and local government responses, and accelerated federal building projects. Only toward the end of his term did he support a series of legislative solutions.
Congress approved the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act in 1930. The legislation, which raised tariffs on thousands of imported items, was signed into law by President Hoover in June 1930. The intent of the Act was to encourage the purchase of American-made products by increasing the cost of imported goods, while raising revenue for the federal government and protecting farmers. However, economic depression now spread through much of the world, and other nations increased tariffs on American-made goods in retaliation, reducing international trade, and worsening the Depression.
In order to pay for these and other government programs, Hoover agreed to one of the largest tax increases in American history. The Revenue Act of 1932 raised income tax on the highest incomes from 25% to 63%. The estate tax was doubled and corporate taxes were raised by almost 15%. Hoover also encouraged Congress to investigate the New York Stock Exchange, and this pressure resulted in various reforms.National debt expressed as a fraction of gross national product climbs from 20% to 40% under Hoover. Franklin D. Roosevelt blasted the Republican incumbent for spending and taxing too much, increasing national debt, raising tariffs and blocking trade, as well as placing millions on the dole of the government. Roosevelt attacked Hoover for "reckless and extravagant" spending, of thinking "that we ought to center control of everything in Washington as rapidly as possible," and of leading "the greatest spending administration in peacetime in all of history." Roosevelt's running mate, John Nance Garner, accused the Republican of "leading the country down the path of socialism".
berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Mon Feb-09-09 05:09 PMOriginal messageIf Republicans had been in charge when America needed FDR's New Deal Can you imagine if a Republican president had been in charge when America needed the New Deal?Here are just some ideas of where we'd be today:1. The Great Depression would have been over by 1934Please feel free to add to this list.
Some info on Hoover:
