My Granddad didn’t like FDR, as he regarded him as a socialist. He always told me that Roosevelt made the Great Depression worse. Somehow the Democrats convinced people that Roosevelt had saved the country. Southern Democrats forced Roosevelt to delay his socialist ambitions until after the second World War when they agreed to support him in his run for an unprecedented third term as President. Roosevelt died before the war ended, and after the war the Republican controlled 80th Congress defeated the socialist agenda. President Truman called the 80th the “do-nothing” congress, but they saved the world from the failed socialist “utopia.” I suspect Roosevelt didn't have any strong political opinions, except to get power. During his time most people thought socialism was the wave of the future. Old Joe Kennedy thought that, which is why he was sympathetic to the fascists (who were socialists, contrary to what Democrats seem to think today when they refer to consevatives as Fascists).



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http://www.mises.org/freemarket_detail.asp?control=258&sortorder=articledate



http://www.cato.org/research/articles/powell-031106.html



http://www.lewrockwell.com/raico/fdr-full.html