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In reply to the discussion: Original New Dealer Wisdom [View all]Kid Berwyn
(21,715 posts)34. Those are the facts. And the idle rich hire all the help they need.
The people who tried to overthrow FDR in 1933 had kids.
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Yep. My grandmother called him 'that wild-eyed radical' many times in conversation.
OldBaldy1701E
Jun 29
#14
Interesting, my grandma thought he was A-okay because of Medicare and social security.
1WorldHope
Jun 29
#21
Do not underestimate the power and leverage of the consumer dollar. Without consumer spending,
Hotler
Jun 30
#44
Praise the heavens and Eleanor and Frances, etc., that he was a "traitor to his class"...
RobertDevereaux
Jun 29
#18
FDR was one of them by birth, but not one of them by spirit. FDR for the people, all the people.
Clouds Passing
Jun 29
#31