TwoDigital
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Not sure if I was going to (+) or (-) gamerk so I did neither... The market began correcting itself slowly as FDR stayed in office. Most of the "New Deal" was largely declared unconstitutional over the next 10 years and it *DID* even out the recovery road to make it tolerable to those who otherwise would have had a much sharper hardship. At the same time, the original recovery would have happened in the course of a year or two instead of 10, so there's a definite trade-off.
The 'great depression' wasn't fixed by FDRs make-work programs. The infrastructure was definitely needed and proved useful, but having the government do it is about as efficient as having the Muppets do it. The great depression was ultimately fixed by a unprecedented period of personal sacrifice by Americans and an unprecedented period of rebuilding in the US, Europe, and Asia during and following the devastation of WWII.
The Keynesian notion of government "fixing" a problem by spending money ignores the fact that capital is *NOT* a fixed resource that can be optimized by 'sharing the wealth' and the bigger issue: THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T HAVE MONEY. Every dime they spend is first taxed (literally TAKEN from you under punishment of prison) away from a private person or company who otherwise would have put it into the market in a much more logical fashion.
The 'great depression' wasn't fixed by FDRs make-work programs. The infrastructure was definitely needed and proved useful, but having the government do it is about as efficient as having the Muppets do it. The great depression was ultimately fixed by a unprecedented period of personal sacrifice by Americans and an unprecedented period of rebuilding in the US, Europe, and Asia during and following the devastation of WWII.
The Keynesian notion of government "fixing" a problem by spending money ignores the fact that capital is *NOT* a fixed resource that can be optimized by 'sharing the wealth' and the bigger issue: THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T HAVE MONEY. Every dime they spend is first taxed (literally TAKEN from you under punishment of prison) away from a private person or company who otherwise would have put it into the market in a much more logical fashion.