KenH said:And World War II was, monetarily speaking, a massive federal government stimulus spending program.
FDR's plans didn't do any more good than they did because he thought too small. That's why we need to avoid that mistake and make sure that this new stimulus program is probably in the $1.5 to $2.0 trillion range over the next two years.
That's a very jaded and warped view of WWII, as well as factually inaccurate.
Keep selling. You might find at least one fool that will buy your twist.
When they do, they also have to buy the idea that it was FDR's intent to get us into the war
That would, at least , have some basis in fact.
It certainly cured the unemployment problem. 300,000 dead men will definitely change the stats.
Maybe we should expand the war in Iraq and Afghanistan to bring us out of the recession.
Obama isn't interested in ending it any time soon.
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