U.S. presidential election, 1936

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Roosevelt was a tyrant who worsened the Great Depression, who had very little respect for personal property and for private liberty, and who had even less respect for the Constitution.

Landon is infinitely preferable to the worst President in American history.

So you support millions of people starving?

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So you support millions of people starving?

Rather than responding to this loaded question, I will frame another one: did the New Deal end the Depression?

The answer here must be a definitive no. The New Deal did not end the Depression, or even alleviate it; the very opposite was the case. As a result of Roosevelt's policies, the United States slipped deeper into the canyon of economic disaster. Roosevelt's tampering was surely responsible for the Depression of 1938. The Depression did not end until the United States returned to free market activity after the Second World War.

The extent of Roosevelt's economic totalitarianism was shocking. In particular, FDR's National Industrial Recovery Act was one of the worst laws ever passed. Under that law, a forty-nine year old dry cleaner was fined $100 dollars and spent three months in jail for charging 35 cents to press a pair of pants, instead of the federally mandated 40 cents. The extent of governmental control over the economy was undoubtedly chilling.

So how do you explain that the number of jobs in America increased over 60% under the FDR adminstration?

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So how do you explain that the number of jobs in America increased over 60% under the FDR adminstration?

Obviously, the government was hiring more people. When, for example, the United States had to establish a large army to fight World War II, a lot of people got new jobs in the military.

But living standards remained low until the post-war return to free market activity.

The relevant point is that the country was much better off in 1945 than 1933.

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So how do you explain that the number of jobs in America increased over 60% under the FDR adminstration?

Obviously, the government was hiring more people. When, for example, the United States had to establish a large army to fight World War II, a lot of people got new jobs in the military.

But living standards remained low until the post-war return to free market activity.

The relevant point is that the country was much better off in 1945 than 1933.

Correct. FDR died in 1945, whereas he took office in 1933.

Like anyone back in 1933 knew he'd get 4 terms.