FDR is the patron saint of progressives.
The propaganda of the “New Deal” is the ideological foundation of every leftist, big-government social-engineering scheme we have now
“FDR is the patron saint of progressives.
The propaganda of the “New Deal” is the ideological foundation of every leftist, big-government social-engineering scheme we have now”
You nailed it!
About the only thing the New Deal did that was worth a damn is the CCC and WPA. Their works are fading.
The Soil Conservation Service and shelter breaks were also not a bad thing to do.
As for the rest of it, meh, just more drunken sailor spending.
FDR was a socialist of course. Charming as a cat and conniving. Why my mother and Grand parents thought he was so great I’ll never understand. Well, at least Dad thought he was a communist sob. None of them got a single break as a result of his programs. Maybe it was wartime leadership? My Dad’s family worked at whatever they could to make it and my Mom’s survived on a 20 acre farm but always ate well in spite of it being in Eastern Oklahoma. Not all families were the Joads, the tough ones stayed and survived. They had food when many others didn’t.