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Originally Posted by detbuch
If the scope was unfathomable, then no strategy could be rational. Any plan to solve the unknown is merely throwing wet noodles on a wall and seeing which will stick. Hope that is not happening now.
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The thinking was (and is) that launching simultaneous initiatives, even if money was wasted was necessary because to wait for a single or small group of possible solutions to have an effect would severely prolong the crisis if they did not work. The New Deal was fluid; initiatives came and went.
And yes, it was not until we started arming England did things really improve. What Roosevelt accomplished was not saving the economy, but saving the republic.
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