America would have been a better place without the New Deal. Reagan in every way by default.
hi there! here's where you're wrong in every sense. now, don't mistake me; i'm not trying to change your mind. i know that's not possible with someone of your, uh, conviction. i'm trying to help form the minds of younger ones on here that might not know what they stand for.
america without the new deal would be in an even more catastrophic state, economically, than it is now. a part of reagan's presidency was about undoing all of the work that FDR put into forming the new deal. the average american worker can benefit from unions while surviving a capitalist society; 40 hours a week, weekends off, full time/benefits, worker's compensation, etc. if you so much as even THINK of the word "union" while working for some companies, they'll fire you. but then, depending on how much you made from said job, you possibly can't even apply for food stamps or unemployment until you're able to get another one while the job market is bad, and if that doesn't work, then it gets worse from there, and soon enough, you're left with nothing else. so why is that?
because reagan thought unions were scaaaaary.
on top of that, let's face the facts, shall we? does the whole idea of trickle down economics--ahem, reaganomics--actually work? well, the answer is no. one of the principles of reaganomics was tightening inflation to decrease the national debt--which he failed to do. during his presidency, reagan nearly tripled the national debt from military spending (such as iran contra) making it from ~$1 trillion to ~$2.6 trillion (a steady increase from ~30% to ~50% of GDP), whereas during FDR's first decade in office (before 1943), while the debt also increased threefold (from ~$23 billion to ~$72 billion), it remained between ~39% and ~51% of GDP, and i'm sure you can imagine what exactly happened that caused the spike of debt after 1943.
sounds familiar though, y'know? with the reaganomics, right? tax the poor, let the rich get richer, increasing the national debt and pretending it's the democrats' fault? like every other f**king failed republican politician in history? and being the influence behind the fact that the federal minimum wage hasn't been raised since 2009?
so, all of the things about FDR's new deal that you disagree with, and that reagan wanted to do away with to save his little rich boy soul? safer work conditions, a 40 hour work week, unions, benefits, worker's compensation, government assistance for food, housing, jobs...ALL of that, my guy, you can benefit from at some point in your life. i guarantee you. but hey, don't let me tell you twice.
there's a reason why the 1% is the 1%. we're all closer to becoming homeless than part of the 1% because of reagan's dumb concept of the economy, his negligence of the heart of the people, and his clueless idea of running the goddamn country.
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