re: The US Federal Government - It's Not Supposed to Expand Easily

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Wickard v. Filburn, the roofie slipped into the drink of America

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Funny way to think about


"The switch in time that saved nine"
We covered this semester too
Got an awesome Professor

I was discussing the possibility of any negative effects from the New Deal with my wife tonight. I've still gotta a bunch to learn with our History so bear with me. This stuff is interesting while very important and I'm just trying to become a better citizen. Lots to learn with the "New Deal" effects, that's for sure. When I get time from studying/homework I will study all this more so. It's such a huge deal that changed America and maybe even the world too. It's amazing how much that time period during The Deal, WWI, & WWII effected the world moving forward. Not sure, but I wonder if the New Deal was a final nail in a real free market USA, and was it a victim of bad things happening from good intentions. At least many have been kept from suffering but will that be at a bigger suffering price in the future? Not sure, but I'd like to learn to see if preventing natural crashes from happening let huge business grow into the monster we have today? Up and downs in the economy would've hurt, but seems it could've kept huge monopolies from growing, and I guess one could compare it to a forest burning after it gets to thick. New growth comes from that burnt forest and that's a good thing in Nature.
Plus with Governments New Deal doings. Interest groups are put on steroids, and have become the monsters they are today. I find it kinda ironic that some who love makign government grow but at the same time dislike interest groups. Government actions feed the making of interest groups, and we've lost our mind after 9/11 by the way. OK enough of my scatted-brained-thoughts....lol

Great thread by the way