New Deal Politics

The most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from the Government and I’m here to help.’” Ronald Reagan

When the stock market crashed in October of 1929 the American unemployment rate shot up to 9%. American businesses and workers quickly made adjustments, as they had during previous depressions, and by June of the next year unemployment was down to 6.3%.

Then the government started “helping.”
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