Jonathan Chait
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March 16, 2009 Nailing
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- wrote an article entitled "Wasting Away in Hooverville" (in the new issue of The New Republic)
- New Deal prolonged the depression
- Chait is implying conservatives are rewriting history
- which is a good idea because we should rewrite the history of slavery
- during the Great Depression, New Deal ameliorated people's misery
- everyone's except the rich
- he was unable to name one thing the New Deal did
- none of the jobs FDR created were permanent
- no one is still working them
- he suggested that America build ships and throw them into the ocean
- Stephen believes this is a bad idea