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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dougmeister, post: 2373830, member: 56842&quot;]Excerpt from the WSJ:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Every Democratic president from Truman to Obama has believed it, and each has used FDR&#039;s <b>New Deal </b>as a model for expanding the government. It&#039;s a myth. FDR <b>did</b> not get us out of the <b>Great Depression</b>—not during the 1930s, and only in a limited sense during World War II. Let&#039;s start with the <b>New Deal</b>.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304024604575173632046893848" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304024604575173632046893848" rel="nofollow">Link</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In fairness, here is an article that supports the claim that the New Deal ended the Great Depression. I do not agree with it, but here it is:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/03/07/did-new-deal-end-depression-history-says-deficit-spending-works/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/03/07/did-new-deal-end-depression-history-says-deficit-spending-works/" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/03/07/did-new-deal-end-depression-history-says-deficit-spending-works/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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