Progressive or Conservative

[Benton]

(09-15-2015, 11:31 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Conservative, slightly Libertarian.

Why?  Because the great depression showed that when faced with huge loss, working people bounce back.  Let the market dictate the economy, government inflating it only prolongs the inevitable.

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The Great Depression ended because the government picked up when private investing stopped. It did that through two factors, the New Deal (which probably lengthened the Depression but created more business and jobs which helped lessen it) and war (which brought back private investment because big wars are a great time to ramp up profit).

The market didn't dictate the economy, governments just spent a lot.