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Then and now.(Letter to the editor)
I am writing in regard to the history article "From "Henny Penny' Morgenthau to Henry Paulson" by William F. Jasper in the November 10, 2008 issue. In the article Jasper stated, "FDR's New Deal is chilling to all who are even remotely familiar with the tyrannical powers and policies that accomplished the Roosevelt revolution." For one who remembers those times, it was worse than that. In fact, living through the Depression became a way of life. Debt was more common than currency, but my father kept his farm because he never lost his credit. Trade became common because FDR milked the currency out of circulation, and there wasn't enough to keep the economy going.
Author Jasper failed to mention FDR was already a full-blossomed Fabian Socialist in 1932 when he was first elected president. His New Deal was the Fabians' plan to socialize America--which FDR tried to implement, but all three of the major projects failed. (FDR's policies at least tripled the time that the Depression lasted.) I don't hesitate to say that all of Roosevelt's cabinet ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Then and now.(Letter to the editor)