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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 07:30 AM Original message |
Hoover caused our first Great Depression - Bush caused the Second |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. And RayGun made it easy for him. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 08:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Agreed, it has been a long term Republican project over several decades. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. The Silent Depression... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Not seeing Bread Lines or people selling apples? |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
3. But we had FDR after Hoover |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. FDR dismantled the Hoover/Smoot/Hawley tariffs. At least Obama hasn't gone "Hoover" to that extent. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
4. But the Second Great Depression continues because there is no WPA, no Glass-Steagal, no CCC, just |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. +1 |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
5. Other than spending the government into debt |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 08:43 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Ruinous and completely wasted spending was all the final push required. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. I agree. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
7. Umm, Hover didn't cause our first Greap Depression, |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
8. "Let's also bear in mind that Obama has had to govern in the face of two unprecedented difficulties: |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
10. RepubliCON VooDoo economics basically rapes Americans to enrich the rich (R) |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
11. We won't but the tbaggers and rethugs are still claiming that Hoover |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
12. No. Hoover did not cause the Great Depression |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
13. I'm sure entire books have been written on the subject |
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