[dfwgator]

As much as I dislike FDR, he did do some things that were better than just doling out money to poors for nothing. He created the Works Progress Administration that was responsible for building many public buildings throughout the country creating jobs, and he created the CCC Civilian Conservation Corps that had multiple works projects in agriculture, environment etc.

He took inspiration from what Hitler was doing in Germany.

[Gaffer]

IIRC, there are one or two WPA buildings on the Georgia Tech Campus. I’ve also seen some state parks works over in Alabama that were done by CCC.

I think the major difference here is that Hitler’s works were focused on building up facilities and capabilities that could easily transition to a war footing (e.g., ‘glider and aero clubs,’ youth programs, roads, etc.)