Alvin Hansen was an influential economic adviser to FDR. He was asked in 1940 whether the basic principle of the New Deal was economically sound, and he responded, “I really do not know what the basic principle of the New Deal is.
via Easy Opinions: Basic Principle of the New Deal.
Our elders and betters, the elites who run our countries, always know what they are doing. That is why they are running the country, right? I mean, they wouldn’t be running the country if they didn’t know what they were doing, right?
