FDR in 1936 and 2008

This is a speech by FDR during his reelection campaign in 1936. I think of this whenever I hear Republican presidential candidates talk about "making health care more accessible and affordable for every American." In FDR's case, the Republicans were claiming they could create and manage the social programs FDR was fostering better than FDR himself. I think everyone knows the Republicans can not be trusted with social programs like universal health care, but they've seen the writing on the wall and desperately want to take the issue away from the liberals and progressives. The GOP (Greedy Old Perverts) can not be trusted with any issue that benefits the poor and middle class. By the way, even though it's not widely known, we are worse off today than we were in 1936 when FDR gave this speech.

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[lildwayne21]

these things will not cost anybody anything" - FDR

FDR IS THE MAN!!!!!!! PRESIDENT OBAMA, YOU REALLY SHOULD PATTERN YOUR REELECTION CAMPAIGN AFTER FDR. FUCK STUDYING REAGAN, STUDY FDR MR. PRESIDENT. What a fantastic speech.

[lildwayne21]

"Let me warn you and let me warn the nation against the smooth evasion that says of course we believe these things. We believe in social security, we believe in work for the unemployed, we believe in saving homes. Cross our hearts and hope to die, we believe in all these things, but we do not like the way the present administration is doing them. Just turn them over to us. We will do all of them, we will do more of them, we will do them better, and most importantly of all, the doing of all

[Bwag35]

@lildwayne21 you are a freaking nut. Republicans were founded on ablotiong slavery. comunism and liberals are the same

[Maserati7200]

FDR prolonged the great depression. The reason he was so popular is that he fooled people into thinking they were getting out of the great depression. You know what actually got us out of the great depression? WW2. FDR was a tyrant, and one of the worst presidents in American History, IMHO. You've all romanticized him into something he wasn't. Just because he spoke well and made people feel all warm and cozy inside, doesn't mean he was a good president.

[Seaworldexists]

@audimaximus Thats exactly right. Reagan convinced americans they could have the best of both worlds but you cant.

[Salvysahagun]

In terms of Healthcare Roosevelt was talking about building a Healthcare infrastructure such as Hill-Burton

or how the New Deal actually built around 300 charity hospitals

[audimaximus]

@firejack007 United States, Greece, Ireland, Spain and Italy. All governments running Keynsian social welfare policies combined with Republican tax policies. That is the worst idea in the history of mankind to combine both systems together. The pure Keynsian countries in scandinavia are doing great and so is the pure Hayek country of Hong Kong. All countries should choose what they are willing to pay for and base the tax rates off what they picked. Balanced budget ammendment FTW.

[audimaximus]

@firejack007 If the U.S. increased revenue enough to run a balanced budget, we would have the highest middle class tax rates in the world. Denmark gets = workers pay to the U.S. All workers get 30 paid days of vacation. All citizens get free child care, free health care, free college and get paid to go to college. Governement has balanced budgets and 4% unemployment. Their markets are almost as free has ours. Great job selling socialism has the root of all evil.

[audimaximus]

@firejack007 There was protectionism. What high taxation do you speak of? 1925-1932 was the 2nd lowest tax rate on rich people in the last 95 years. Only eclipsed by todays %15 rate on billionaires. Where was the intervention and socialism while 11000 banks collapsed under hoover? Many of those where healthy banks done in by fear. For as long as the worst times in this countries history come under the lowest tax rates I am convinced you are reading only what you want to hear.

[audimaximus]

@firejack007 It is pretty difficult to compare and contrast any policy from 1920 America. Please remember that in late 1918 1/4 of the worlds population died to the flu. The end of world war 1 soldiers were so sick they lied there in the fox hole too weak to defend themselves. That caused labor wages to skyrocket. Every where you looked their where dead people who needed to be hauled off to mass graves. Governements must have had all they could do to return life to normal.

[audimaximus]

@firejack007 Are you the employee of one of Kochs many organizations designed to drum up intellegent sounding arguments to stump leftist ideas in the court of public opinion? When Keynes said the massive tax cuts of the 20's was the cause of the great depression I tend to believe him. He said when a high percentage of wealth is earned by the few it will spell doom because those people spend so little of what they make. Kochs make 200 million a week at a century low tax rate.

[audimaximus]

@firejack007 I know of the 1920 recession leading to a decade of dominance for the republican party. I also know of a dozen Koch financed organizations whose sole purpose is to drum up intelligent sounding arguments to combat leftist ideas. Every hear of John Maynard Keynes? He said the great depression was the fault of the largest tax cuts in US history. It would appear when inequality gets out of hand the middle class ends up devastated. Pay attention to inequality my friend.