Revisionist history?
FDR is known for three things: World War II, being a polio victim, and, for better or worse, vastly expanding the American Federal Government. Apparently, though, he also caused the Great Depression:
“When (President Franklin) Roosevelt did this, he put our country into a Great Depression … [h]e tried to borrow and spend, he tried to use the Keynesian approach, and our country ended up in a Great Depression. That’s just history.”
– Steve Austria, US Representative for Ohio’s 7th District. Source: Dispatch Politics.
There’s really only one problem with that statement. Can you guess? Yes, that’s right. As the article states, most historians mark the beginning of the Great Depression at or after October 29, 1929 (colloquially known as Black Tuesday). FDR, on the other hand, was elected President in 1933. He was the president that came after the Great Depression, remember? Either Rep. Austria doesn’t know American history or he’s trying to be an asshat.