On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 10:21 PM, Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm pretty sure that unemployment hit 25% during his > first year in office and declined (for the most part) thereafter.
I'll rephrase. After 6 years of FDR, unemployment was still 19%. Unemployment only went down to normal levels after the US entered World War 2. So if you include going to war as part of the New Deal, then yes, the New Deal brought down unemployment. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
