President Biden is clearly in a Franklin D. Roosevelt frame of mind. Summing up his policy vision in an address to a joint session of Congress last week, he referenced FDR’s Depression-era motto “We do our part.”
Yet many of us who study Roosevelt’s New Deal cringed at Biden’s reference. This phrase accompanied the Blue Eagle, an emblem created to increase compliance with the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933. Economists rarely agree on much, but we are nearly unanimous in acknowledging that NIRA was a harmful policy. By using this phrase to justify his own agenda, President Biden should hope he is not repeating FDR’s policy mistakes.
didn t seek it, didn t choose it, but it s up to you to use it. you must suffer if you lose it! give an account if you abuse it. just a tiny little minute, but your eternity is in it. conservatives will not surrender. [cheers and applause] another guest speaker at the conservative student conference was hillsdale college history professor burt folsom. this is an hour. [inaudible conversations] greetings. i m an intern scholar here at young america s foundation. we re the nation s leading group for young conservative students. if you re a conservative student, please join us in the fight for freedom and liberty and visit us online at www.yaf.org or you can give us a call at 1-800-usa-1776. we can help you start a club and even bring a campus speaker to your campus. past speakers include anne coulter, newt gingrich, ben stein and many others. please, join us in our fight for freedom today. give us a call. our next speaker is dr. burt folsom. [cheers and applause] dr. folsom