As Newsweek's Daniel Gross reports, "One would be very hard-pressed to find a serious professional historian who believes that the New Deal prolonged the Depression."
But that's the critical point I somehow forgot last week - the truism we must all remember in 2009: As conservatives try to obstruct a new New Deal, they're not making any arguments that are remotely serious.
David Sirota writes from Denver. He is a fellow at the Campaign for America's Future and a board member of the Progressive States Network. E-mail him at ds@davidsirota.com. Story available at click here
But that's the critical point I somehow forgot last week - the truism we must all remember in 2009: As conservatives try to obstruct a new New Deal, they're not making any arguments that are remotely serious.
David Sirota writes from Denver. He is a fellow at the Campaign for America's Future and a board member of the Progressive States Network. E-mail him at ds@davidsirota.com. Story available at click here
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