How did President Roosevelt put the people back to work during the Depression?
He created jobs for them. AAAAAARRGGGHHH! Six years old, and my daughter is already being taught that 1) FDR saved the economy and 2) governments can create jobs. The book explained, in glowing terms, how FDR’s Works Progress Administration employed the unemployed. A few paragraphs later, the same book noted — without a trace of irony — that in spite of FDR’s jobs programs, unemployment remained high and the Depression lingered on for several years. In spite of?! Try because of. FDR was one of the biggest economic nincompoops ever to occupy the Oval Office — no surprise, since he knew nothing about business. He did poorly in business and economics classes at Harvard, then later proved how little he’d learned by starting or investing in several failed ventures. The job that kept him financially comfortable throughout his adulthood consisted of writing letters along the lines of “Dearest Mommy: I need more money in my accounts. Love, Franklin.” So naturally, he decided he had the experie
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