just change the names and it still fits today...
The difference is that the economy of the 1930’s grew itself out of the debt burden of government spending. People always say “because of the war”, but wasn’t this just a command economy carried to the nth degree? Well, the thing is that the nation grew through the forties and fifties - in population, and every measure of consumption and production.
Now we are faced with an official policy of economic contraction, in the form of the “carbon cap”. The Obamites are clearly modeling their actions on historical examples of growth, but I don’t see how this can be repeated.
“just change the names and it still fits today...”
In one case (at least) you don’t have to change the name: “Ickes” is Harold Ickes Sr. who was the father of the current “Ickes” behind a lot of Obama’s marxist policies (he also worked in the BJC administration). His father was a fellow traveler who worked deep within the FDR administration doing much of the same.