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I disagree. The FDR era featured a lot more public corruption and cronyism then currently exists. Indeed, I suspect there's some trade-off between anti-corrup
by simplicio 5y ago
I disagree. The FDR era featured a lot more public corruption and cronyism then currently exists. Indeed, I suspect there's some trade-off between anti-corruption and the ability to get things built, as layers of checks, hearings, certifications, etc. end up making it much harder and more time consuming to build anything.
- jessaustin 5y agoThe FDR era featured a lot more public corruption and cronyism then [sic] currently exists. This is a bizarre misrepresentation of history. There are entire industries of corruption now that didn't even exist in FDR's time. The current government spends far more as a percentage of (a vastly larger) GDP; the fact that nothing useful gets done can't very well argue for less corruption.