> The last thing we need right now is a nation of Hoovers. I suggest that you re-read your history. Hoover was a progressive and was ramping up deficit spendin

> The last thing we need right now is a nation of Hoovers. I suggest that you re-read your history. Hoover was a progressive and was ramping up deficit spending and production controls. FDR ran against those policies but did a 180 when he got into office and basically just did more of the same. That war on production is what made the great depression great. It didn't really end until WWII made it untenable - you can't have an empty arsenal of democracy.