Notley's Mega-Million Loonie Refinery Proposal Resembles Roosevelt's New Deal Boondoggle

摘要

"If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression,that word Is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come.”Franklin D.Roosevelt(1882-1945),32nd president of the U.S.(1933-1945).If you believe the Democrat's story,FDR(as he was called),was sworn into office at the depth of the Great Depression and”helped the American people regain faith in themselves.”In truth,he was elected in November 1932 and by the following March,there were 13 million unemployed across the nation.Almost every bank was shut.In his first 100 days,FDR proposed,and Congress ratified a sweeping recovery program-called the New Deal program--to help the business and agricultural sectors recover and aid the unemployed(especially those on the verge of losing their farms and homes).