And he would've succeeded if he was willing to blow up the deficit further. That actually happened with our entry into WW2, sharp increases in spending and hir

And he would've succeeded if he was willing to blow up the deficit further. That actually happened with our entry into WW2, sharp increases in spending and hiring, and immediate end to the Great Depression (note that weapons, ships, planes and the like are about useful to a peacetime economy as digging holes in the ground--the key is you need to hire a lot of people to make them)