Tom S. opined

"Ash Wyllie" wrote in message
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Jay Honeck opined

It was 1927 and Hoover wasn't even anyone's dark horse candidate for
nomination, by his party, in the next summer's presidential convention.

When the devastating 1927 Mississippi River flood hit, he was the man
put
in
charge of the relief effort. His successful handling of the Mississippi
River flood relief program helped launch him into the White House the
following fall.

This is but one example of what Herbert Hoover did for this country -- and
the world. He was, indeed, an amazing man who did many great things. His
legacy has been sadly (and, largely, unavoidably) been burdened with the
dark pall of the Great Depression occurring on his watch.

HH could have blocked the Depression by vetoing the Smoot-Hawling tariffs.
Had he vetoed the 1932 income tax increase years would have been removed
from the Depression.

Few presidents really screw up badly, fewer still twice in a single term.

Anyone who buys into the myth that Hoover caused the depression because he
"did nothing" should read Murray Rothbard's "The Great Depression". Not only
didn't Hoover do nothing, he did a great deal...all of it completely back
asswards.

Or the late Jude Weneski's(sp?) /The Way the World Works./



-ash
Cthulhu in 2005!
Why wait for nature?