Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-66.87.85.222-20170412181021/@comment-26119768-20170420140940

Gen. Grievous1138 wrote:

MrHobit1234 wrote: Interesting... While his policies prolonged the depression, they did do much to help people live in the meantime, and did exponentially better than Hoover's hands-off policies would've. Under Hoover we sunk deeper into the depression in a way that could've been avoided in the name of a "free market." FDR brought us out, and even if some policies drew the depression out, they also helped those who desperately needed it in the meantime, and brought us out of it in the end. That's more important. In addition, they only highlight two of the policies in the bill as prolonging the depression. The rest helped - and they helped a lot.

Gen. Grievous1138 (LOTR Mod Wiki Admin) comlink 11:46, April 20, 2017 (UTC) True, Hoover didn't really help much. My main problem with the new deal is the massive expansion of government power it facilitated.