dimanche 4 septembre 2011

Obama et l'emploi: trouver le Roosevelt en lui


J'aimerais bien qu'il cherche un peu plus de Theodore Roosevelt, mais cet analyste préfère Franklin D.!

"How did President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his first term respond to unprecedented unemployment in the Great Depression? He threw everything he could think of at it, an alphabet soup of spending programs and jobs programs, including the Agricultural Adjustment Act, the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, and the National Industrial Recovery Act.

FDR created the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and the Civil Works Administration to distribute stimulus funding to states and cities. He created the Civilian Conservation Corps, which gave training and employment to millions of young unemployed Americans. The Works Progress Administration provided employment for additional millions of Americans. Social Security was created to provide relief and old-age pensions. The National Labor Relations Act strengthened the rights of American workers to bargain collectively.

Whenever one of his ideas was blocked by Republicans or overturned by the courts, he would just try something else. The deficit spending forced the Roosevelt administration to both borrow more money, increasing the national debt, and raise taxes.
The passionate opposition to FDR’s jobs program exceeded the enmity directed at President Obama today. But FDR responded in kind."

http://blog.cagle.com/2011/09/on-jobs-obama-should-channel-fdr/

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