[Elliott Jackalope]

Lawrence Reed of the Mackinac center for public policy wrote a paper titled "Great Myths of the Great Depression" that you can find at http://www.mackinac.org/article.asp?ID=4013 - I highly recommend reading it.

[elbucko]

Thanks for the link. Interesting stuff.

[Patriotways]

The Gold Confiscation Of April 5, 1933

From: President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt
To: The United States Congress
Dated: 5 April, 1933
Presidential Executive Order 6102


http://www.the-privateer.com/1933-gold-confiscation.html

[WOSG]

A great essay.

I did *not* know the Democrat 1932 platform called for 25% cut in spending, lower taxes and that in his campaign Roosevelt had called Hoover on the carpet for his excesses in taxes, tariffss and spending. I *did* know that Roosevelt's various programs were the exact opposite of that.

[Ciexyz]

Most interesting. I followed the link in Post #2 and read the series of short articles on the various topics.

As a union member, I found the article on "The Wagner Act (The National Labor Relations Act)" of great interest. I know there's strong passions concerning unions, but that legislation is the Magna Carta of the American Labor Movement, and I as a worker can turn to the National Labor Relations Board if my working rights are violated.