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We also got a FedGov that grew from about 4% of GDP to about 22% of GDP.

Real people starved, and continue to stave, because of that waste of resources. Real people died, and continue to die, at the hands of a Leviathan government.

Would you give up those lodges and trails to get back all the trillions wasted since the New Deal? How much wealthier would you and your children be if all those taxes had not been paid by you?

How much freer would you be if the FedGov budget was a fifth what it is? How much less would the government cost your employer? How many more of your neighbors would have jobs?

Conjecture about the past is tricky. My 80 year-old parents, who were actually there to live through the Great Depression, are not so quick to criticize FDR for the New Deal. I'm sure they would disagree with your assessment of history. Guess who has more credibility in my mind?

In any case, the future is ahead of us. That's what's important now. By the way, I'm to the right of my mom and dad on fiscal issues. Together, we're way to the right of most Americans on defense issues.