Originally Posted By: Wonder Boy
 Originally Posted By: WB
Again, what actually ended the Great Depression in 1940-1941 was war production supplied to Britain.
The rest is liberal smoke and mirrors, and tea leaf reading.


M E M, how can you deny that unemployment continued virtually unchanged at almost 20% right on to the early years of World War II? The numbers (posted above)don't lie.


If you take a look at them, you'll notice that unemployment dropped each year up till the time when FDR under fire from conservatives tried to balance the budget. Then it got worse. Plus do those numbers you cite include people employed under government works programs or not?

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Your argument is Obama's: "well it could have been worse without [FDR/Obama]..."
With no evidence to disprove that it was statistically the worst WITH both FDR and Obama.

Unemployment was at 6% when Obama took office, and has been at a steady 9.5% since he took office (and currently 9.6%, worsening).

Your argument lacks facts to support it.


Actually I think the nonpartisan CBO backs up the positive effect of the stimulus has had.

As for the great depression, even you have to reallize it wasn't tax breaks and reduced spending that pulled us out of it but massive spending.

Fair play!