Calvin Coolidge ???

[Quasar44]

Was he a great president or did his policies lead to the depression

Seems to be spilt among political lines

 

[Blaster]

Cool Cal.

 

[Oddball]

Great Prez....His and Harding's actions led to the squashing of the late 19-teens depression that nobody talks about.

 

[rightwinger]

Coolidge led us to Depression with his deregulation and encouraging speculation

Hoover took the blame

 

[hondo 50]

Now where do we see this philosophy today?

 

[mikegriffith1]

Was he a great president or did his policies lead to the depression

Seems to be spilt among political lines

Coolidge was a great president, and his policies did not lead to the Great Depression.

 

[rightwinger]

Coolidge was a great president, and his policies did not lead to the Great Depression.

Coolidge benefited from an economy based on speculation and hands off policies

The same policies that doomed Hoover

 

[mikegriffith1]

Coolidge benefited from an economy based on speculation and hands off policies. The same policies that doomed Hoover.

Liberal mythology. Read and educate yourself:

https://www.cato.org/multimedia/events/tax-cutting-economic-growth-lessons-coolidge-tax-reform

5 Myths about the Great Depression and New Deal | The Daily Economy

Historians commonly contend that the New Deal was pivotal in beating the Great Depression and protecting the American middle class. But how significant was ...

aier.org

The Mythology of Roosevelt and the New Deal | Robert Higgs

The Great Depression was a watershed in American history. Soon after Herbert Hoover assumed the presidency in 1929, the economy began to decline, and between 1930 and 1933 the contraction assumed catastrophic proportions never experienced before or since in the United States. Disgusted by...

www.independent.org

 

[gipper]

Coolidge benefited from an economy based on speculation and hands off policies

The same policies that doomed Hoover

One thing that is certain, FDR prolonged the Great Depression with his constant and ignorant economic interventions and then he lied us into another horrific war.

Yet court historians think him great, as do you.

 

[rightwinger]

One thing that is certain, FDR prolonged the Great Depression with his constant and ignorant economic interventions and then he lied us into another horrific war.

Yet court historians think him great, as do you.

FDRs prime consideration was not to end the Depression but to ease the suffering of the people

 

[rightwinger]

Liberal mythology. Read and educate yourself:

https://www.cato.org/multimedia/events/tax-cutting-economic-growth-lessons-coolidge-tax-reform

5 Myths about the Great Depression and New Deal | The Daily Economy

Historians commonly contend that the New Deal was pivotal in beating the Great Depression and protecting the American middle class. But how significant was ...

aier.org

The Mythology of Roosevelt and the New Deal | Robert Higgs

The Great Depression was a watershed in American history. Soon after Herbert Hoover assumed the presidency in 1929, the economy began to decline, and between 1930 and 1933 the contraction assumed catastrophic proportions never experienced before or since in the United States. Disgusted by...

www.independent.org

The American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) is a libertarian think tank

Of course libertarians would blame FDR

 

[mikegriffith1]

The American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) is a libertarian think tank

Of course libertarians would blame FDR

I notice you didn't challenge any of the facts in the AIER article. Did you even read it? Among other things, it debunks the myth that Hoover adopted a hands-off approach and that his alleged failure to intervene contributed to the Great Depression, when in fact he did intervene and in so doing made things worse.

Again, did you even read the AIER article? The few times you provide links, I don't summarily dismiss them with the excuse that their links are liberal sources. I read them and then address the arguments they make.

 

[rightwinger]

I notice you didn't challenge any of the facts in the AIER article. Did you even read it? Among other things, it debunks the myth that Hoover adopted a hands-off approach and that his alleged failure to intervene contributed to the Great Depression, when in fact he did intervene and in so doing made things worse.

Again, did you even read the AIER article? The few times you provide links, I don't summarily dismiss them with the excuse that their links are liberal sources. I read them and then address the arguments they make.

Of course I do because they are Libertarian opinions about FDR, not facts

Of course Libertarians are going to oppose doing things that help people

 

[gipper]

FDRs prime consideration was not to end the Depression but to ease the suffering of the people

And yet his policies did neither. The unemployment rate was unchanged after 6 years of FDR. He pushed for war to save his political ass. Sick fuck.

 

[rightwinger]

And yet his policies did neither. The unemployment rate was unchanged after 6 years of FDR. He pushed for war to save his political ass. Sick fuck.

Hitler and Tojo started the war

 

[gipper]

Hitler and Tojo started the war

Yeah of course, you always believe the court historians. Lol.

 

[rightwinger]

Yeah of course, you always believe the court historians. Lol.

Sorry Skippy but you don’t get to make up your own history

 

[gipper]

Sorry Skippy but you don’t get to make up your own history

Lol. I didn’t. You need to seek alternatives to court historians. You should know by now they lie for the benefit of the state.

Excellent column by Ron Unz just posted. I doubt you’ll read it, but here is a nice tidbit.

In another passage of his very courageous book, Brands noted the astonishing vehemence with which FDR attacked his political opponents in the antiwar movement during early 1940, coming very close to accusing them of treason. They, in turn, believed that he was hoping to use the excuse of the war “to break the oldest taboo in American politics” and seek a third term. That was indeed exactly what happened later that year, and such a third term seemed FDR’s only hope of salvaging his place in history:

His first term had been filled with legislative accomplishment, but his second term had been a mess. After the botched attempt to pack the Supreme Court, he had tried to purge Democratic conservatives in 1938, and failed miserably. If he left the White House on schedule, he might be judged by history as mediocre or worse—especially if a Republican succeeded him and started to dismantle the New Deal. Roosevelt saw the war as his ticket to longevity in office, said the sceptics. He would talk about preserving freedom, but what he really intended to preserve was himself from oblivion.

Although Brands presents that passage as summarizing the views of FDR’s critics, my strong sense is that the author seemed to share that analysis. He had previously published a 2008 book on Roosevelt that ran nearly 900 pages and was finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, in his recent interviews he described FDR as “one of the slipperiest characters he had ever come across.”
American Pravda: Charles A. Lindbergh and the America First Movement

 

[rightwinger]

noted the astonishing vehemence with which FDR attacked his political opponents in the antiwar movement during early 1940,

So that is your excuse for FDR started the war?

Japan started in the early 30s
Germany invaded Japan in 1939

 

[gipper]

So that is your excuse for FDR started the war?

Japan started in the early 30s
Germany invaded Japan in 1939

You need to get beyond your 6th grade history class.