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To: Kartographer

Fed don’t need to do nothin’

Congress and the Executive Branch have lots to do.

So far they’re not doin’ it right..

Its been done before..

Harding cut the government’s budget nearly in half between 1920 and 1922. The rest of Harding’s approach was equally laissez-faire. Tax rates were slashed for all income groups. The national debt was reduced by one-third. The Federal Reserve’s activity, moreover, was hardly noticeable. As one economic historian puts it, “Despite the severity of the contraction, the Fed did not move to use its powers to turn the money supply around and fight the contraction.” 2 By the late summer of 1921, signs of recovery were already visible. The following year, unemployment was back down to 6.7 percent and was only 2.4 percent by 1923.

http://www.firstprinciplesjournal.com/articles.aspx?article=1319&loc=r


16 posted on 07/20/2011 7:31:44 PM PDT by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you do not, no explanation is possible")
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To: mo

Keep posting that. I try to tell others about the 1920-1921 Depression as much as I can. The solution is right in our face, and the New Deal was poison.


21 posted on 07/21/2011 7:41:51 AM PDT by CommieCutter (Promote Liberal Extinction: Support gay marriage and abortion!)
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