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::::''[[Great_Depression#Causes]] : "Socialists tend to call it a failure of the free market system, while advocates of free markets blame the depression on government efforts to transform the U.S. economy into Socialism. The political realignment of the New Deal Coalition could take an anti-business tone because bankers were in bad odor in 1933 (just as they are in 2009). ...In historical terms, the "lessons" of the Great Depression have been applied to preventive measures, and in the Financial Crisis of 2008, helped determine what remedies to apply. ''
 
::::''[[Great_Depression#Causes]] : "Socialists tend to call it a failure of the free market system, while advocates of free markets blame the depression on government efforts to transform the U.S. economy into Socialism. The political realignment of the New Deal Coalition could take an anti-business tone because bankers were in bad odor in 1933 (just as they are in 2009). ...In historical terms, the "lessons" of the Great Depression have been applied to preventive measures, and in the Financial Crisis of 2008, helped determine what remedies to apply. ''
 
::::Comment: So was Joe Kennedy an advocate of the free market, or a socialist who claimed it was a failure of the free market system?
 
::::Comment: So was Joe Kennedy an advocate of the free market, or a socialist who claimed it was a failure of the free market system?
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::::What I asked for above was primary source data, Jack, Bobby, Ted, JFK, even Tip O'Neill (''Man of the House'') to verify your claim.  As to Doris Kearnes Goodwin, a Lyndon Johnson [[groupie]] ([[bimbo]] would be the Clintonian term) does not impress us, whatever academic credentials she may have.  I demand primary source data.
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::::What I asked for above was primary source data, Jack, Bobby, Ted, FDR, even Tip O'Neill (''Man of the House'') to verify your claim.  As to Doris Kearnes Goodwin, a Lyndon Johnson [[groupie]] ([[bimbo]] would be the Clintonian term) does not impress us, whatever academic credentials she may have.  I demand primary source data.
 
::::The only argument you have is, he was an [[anti-Semite]], therefore he was [[conservative]].  [[User:RobSmith|Rob Smith]] 18:42, 28 August 2009 (EDT)
 
::::The only argument you have is, he was an [[anti-Semite]], therefore he was [[conservative]].  [[User:RobSmith|Rob Smith]] 18:42, 28 August 2009 (EDT)
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