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The Missing Link · 01-21-2005, 08:52 PM

Bah, Lurch. I was darn close. I think I deserve partial credit at the very least.

^ It all depends upon your perspective, now. The government took a stark shift in its role and responsibility under FDR. Granted, it was necessary in some aspects due to the Great Depression; however many of his New Deal programs (which arguably played second fiddle to resolving the depression to WWII) became permanent fixtures of our society afterwards for good or ill. Those who say that the government should be a service-giving government will say that's a great thing; those who say that the government of our society should be a hands-off government will say quite the opposite.

He was a good president, in my opinion. I happen to believe that he's not in my top five.

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