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ShinmenTakezo on 27 April 2013
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Kasz216 said:
ShinmenTakezo said:
I guess a lot of people don't remember FDR and how he got us out of the Great Depression. Well, just in case you didn't know FDR spent us out of the Great depression. He put americans to work fixing and improving america. We need to invest in our infrastructure badly because we are behind the modern world on that front. We need to stop demonizing teachers and pay them well so they have an incentive to teach our children. We are 25th in the world in education...... pathetic. We need to stop subsidizing these corporations. A lot of these corporations are on "welfare." Not only that, a lot of them pay little to nothing in taxes. We need to penalize these corporations for operating overseas for cheap labor. We need to raise minimum wage. We need to stop demonizing government programs in general. We need to get all of these clowns out of congress and put well educated, qualified people in their positions, like economists.


No he didn't.  Just about No Economist has believed that for 20+ Years.  Right or Left wing.

Even the most left wing economists think the New Deal was a HUGE failure because it wasn't big enough... and now suggest it was WW2's massive spending that got us out of WW2.  (Though... WW2 in a lot of ways was also a case of extreme austeirty.)

So yeah... put in economists in the polticians place and....

well.  They'll actually agree with your position less on that.


Are you an economist? Because I'm pretty sure you're not. I'm also pretty sure you don't talk to any economist at all. You just stated your oppinion, not fact. Show me some proof that no economist has believed that in 20 years. Good luck on that. You also proved my point, check the bolded. The new deal an WW2 were both factors in our recovery, and to deny that is not only extremely unfair, it's completely wrong. From my understanding economist believe both were a boon for our economy and got us out of a reccession. It was never considered a huge failure, except by you. You also failed to prove me wrong. All you succeeded at was confirming my argument that spending is what gets us out of reccessions. So let me try your method of arguing....... The proof is in history and every economist in the last 20 years agrees with my position, and if they were in congress they'd actually agree with your position less on that. Because you know, I talk to every economist on the planet, plus I'm psychic!

Also, you are sooooo wrong to say WW2 was a case of extreme austerity. What history books did you learn from? WW2 had nothing to do with austerity for the US. How can you practice austerity when the country is spending like crazy? The government legalized hemp to help the war effort so there were more jobs. Women were working in force. So where do you get austerity? Why did I never learn of this in school? Lets not rewrite history please.