Watch Mark Levin from last night. His guest talked about how Roosevelt was the first crooked dem. He would buy votes and reward groups that voted for him. Then he would ignore them til needed for votes again. He would reward those that supported him and ignore those that did not. Just like the dems of today. He was the original.
Roosevelt is a saint compared to today’s Dems.
While hindsight is 20/20 regarding his government programs, he insisted on programs like the CCC because he thought it would be devastating to pay people not to work. They built parks, roadways, dams, etc., and were paid for it; he was determined not to reward idle people who’d lost their jobs.
I’m not a fan of Roosevelt, but I understand that he looked at other developed countries and saw the reactions to the economic depression (communism or fascism) - he sought a third way, and it seemed to work. Anarchists (Sacco/Vanzetti types) and communists were at work, and many people had no stake left in the shambles of the stock market crash; he had to get a large majority on the same page.