I used to think doing something was better than doing nothing (which Hoover was accused of doing) during the Depression but now I see it would have been much better if Roosevelt had done nothing.
This has been a bad year for Roosevelt's legacy proving again that it sucks to be a Democrat.
Coolidge and his Secretary of Commerce and subsequent replacement, Hoover, were vilified for "doing nothing to stop the Depression." What a bunch of bile. Roosevelt is the one to blame for making it worse, all the while lying to the American people about his mistresses and health condition.
More Americans need to realize how great a President Calvin Coolidge was. He was so dead set against federal involvement that he refused to send Federal money to states affected by natural disasters. He said it was wrong from someone from one state to fund the needs of folks from another state.
Coolidge was a true Federalist and was so revered by Reagan, that Reagan put a portrait of him up in the White House. Bush should look to Coolidge again on cutting worthless spending that is UNCONSTITUTIONAL.