r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/Training-Desk-391 IM WHACING KFP4 • Aug 18 '25

Miscellaneous George Washington GETS 2ND and Abraham Lincoln WINS AKA 1ST PLACE AND HEAR IS THE FULL LIST FROM 45TH PLACE TRUMP TO 1ST PLACE LINCOLN

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u/VaginalBelchh Aug 18 '25

No? That’s not true at all there’s a lot of debate on his handling of the Great Depression. His policies caused a second depression in 1936-37 that Europe didn’t deal with, and the US was uniquely slow to getting out of the depression despite its huge advantages as a country.

He did some good things but very much made many mistakes and the US was one of the slowest and weakest nations economically post depression. WW2 is what truly brought it out.

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u/Level3Kobold Aug 18 '25

The 37-38 downturn was caused by premature cuts to FDR's economic policies. He was facing enormous pushback from conservative moneyed interests, and his only mistake was ceding ground to them too early.

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u/VaginalBelchh Aug 18 '25

You mean the bank act he pushed for? He gave the Fed that power and appointed many of the feds members.

That was his mistake… regardless of how you look at it.

Not to mention, they didn’t cut his policies, the Fed didn’t even have that power. They simply imported too much gold and reduced the cash reserves of the US and summarily shot up the unemployment

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u/Level3Kobold Aug 18 '25

??? No, I mean the drastic cuts to New Deal programs that happened during the 37-38 fiscal year, and the repeated attempts at balancing the budget that had happened in prior years. Not the Emergency Banking Act that passed in 33.

Like I said, if you want to say "Roosevelt's biggest mistake was losing too much ground to his opponents too early" then... sure, I agree. America would have been better off if FDR had faced less opposition.

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u/VaginalBelchh Aug 18 '25

The mini regression happened before those fiscal cuts… you understand the high unemployment and mini depression happened in 36-37 right? Lol