“Let me say this as clearly and forcefully as I can: The federal government should be spending even more than it already is on roads and bridges and schools and parks and everything else we need. It should make up for cutbacks at the state level, and then some. This is the only way to put Americans back to work. We did it during the Depression. It was called the WPA. “
Yes, government fixes everything!
Virtually all of FDR’s “Make Work” programs were spectacular failures for sustainable expansion of the economy. WW2 and it’s aftermath brought us out of the depression and lead to a great economic expansion.
Technologies and manufacturing processes developed during the war were put to use during peacetime to create a tremendous economic expansion.
And that was largely true because the productive capacity of Europe and Asia was totally destroyed -- only the U.S. infrastructure was untouched. That's why we had such demand and manufacturing supremacy in the 50s.
Democrat must be the Greek word for delusional. They all point to FDR as the role model for economic recovery, and they might be right if you are willing to wait ten years and fight a world war to get there.