Obama and Hoover.

[AztecWilliam]

Here's an informative, if ultimately politically biased, overview of America's current economic problems. One can argue with the author's recommendations, but it is also true that he has presented a detailed picture of the U.S. and world economies.

www.tnr.com/article/politics/barack-obama-you-remind-me-herbert-hoover?page=0,0

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[AlwaysAnAztec]

Interesting article. The author is absolutely correct that partisan politics is killing America and that the President needs to take bolder, drastic, action to bring back the economy. We also need to slap the Chinese; Hard.

His final paragraph summarizes why the President must succeed.

When Hoover failed to reverse America’s slowdown and was booted out of office in 1932, he was replaced by Franklin Roosevelt, who, unlike Hoover, was not hamstrung by a rigid anti-government ideology and anti-deficit economics. If Obama and the Democrats lose power to the Republicans in 2010 and then 2012, they will be replaced by a party that is mired in the idolization of past institutions and is even less equipped than the Democrats to deal with the challenges of the twenty-first century. Hoover’s defeat led eventually to America’s revival. Obama’s defeat could speed the country’s decline.

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[aztecwin]

Jan 6, 2010 9:22:52 GMT -8 AlwaysAnAztec said:

Interesting article. The author is absolutely correct that partisan politics is killing America and that the President needs to take bolder, drastic, action to bring back the economy. We also need to slap the Chinese; Hard.

His final paragraph summarizes why the President must succeed.

When Hoover failed to reverse America’s slowdown and was booted out of office in 1932, he was replaced by Franklin Roosevelt, who, unlike Hoover, was not hamstrung by a rigid anti-government ideology and anti-deficit economics. If Obama and the Democrats lose power to the Republicans in 2010 and then 2012, they will be replaced by a party that is mired in the idolization of past institutions and is even less equipped than the Democrats to deal with the challenges of the twenty-first century. Hoover’s defeat led eventually to America’s revival. Obama’s defeat could speed the country’s decline.

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Interesting ideas but both you and the author draw the wrong conclusions. No suprise here!