fkusumot said:
Jackson50 said:
"The best prescription Hoover felt was needed was to cut taxes and put more money into the pockets of the rich and their corporations, even as he suggested this would be a fundamental change of governance."
I am not sure what dailykos is, but that statement is an outright lie. Hoover did not cut taxes. On the contrary, he felt he needed to balance the budget and enacted one of the largest peacetime tax increases in US history. The Revenue Act of 1932 raised the income tax, the estate tax and corporate taxes. I would think long and hard about reading a blog that is oblivious to history and facts.
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He said "prescription".
"Hoover attacked Roosevelt as a dangerous radical who would only make the Depression worse by raising taxes and increasing the federal debt..."
It doesn't seem as if what the dailykos said is an outright lie. Or does it to you? Maybe someone could dig up one of Hoover's speeches?
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Perhaps I misinterpreted the poster’s meaning, but I still disagree with his comparison of Hoover to McCain in that regard. I am not sure if Hoover ever called Roosevelt a "dangerous radical," but I know Roosevelt wanted to reduce bureaucracy and cut spending. He often criticized Hoover for the large debts that Hoover ran up. That does not sound like a “dangerous radical” to me.
