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matmar

(593 posts) Wed Aug 22, 2012, 09:34 PM Aug 2012

Forgetting the Why of the New Deal

http://consortiumnews.com/2012/08/20/forgetting-the-why-of-the-new-deal/

Until the Great Crash of 1929, the federal government did little to regulate the power of Wall Street as it precipitated cycles of boom and bust that ruined the lives of many Americans. That history is now being forgotten as Republicans move to dismantle what’s left of the New Deal, says Lawrence Davidson.

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Forgetting the Why of the New Deal (Original Post) matmar Aug 2012 OP

It has always been their wet dream to undo everything FDR put in place. Idiots. Booster Aug 2012 #1

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1. It has always been their wet dream to undo everything FDR put in place. Idiots.

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Wed Aug 22, 2012, 09:42 PM

Aug 2012

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