"Keep clear of the dupes that talk democracy,
And the dogs that bark revolution.
Drunk with talk, liars and believers.
I believe in my tusks. Long live freedom and damn the ideologies!"
(Robinson Jeffers)
FDR made good use of WPA money and sprinkled it around borderline states. Then he took it away.
I wish I could remember the name of an Oklahoma U.S. senator IIRC. He took a principled stand against wasteful spending at the start of the New Deal and was voted out the next election. Lesson learned for all the others.
I hope I didn't butcher the facts too much on that one.
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As people in power realized they could buy votes from the public treasury - and shared that insight.
ReplyDeleteFDR made good use of WPA money and sprinkled it around borderline states. Then he took it away.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could remember the name of an Oklahoma U.S. senator IIRC. He took a principled stand against wasteful spending at the start of the New Deal and was voted out the next election. Lesson learned for all the others.
I hope I didn't butcher the facts too much on that one.