As we await fall semester grades, the end of my oldest daughter’s high school career is now in sight. For all intents and purposes, the spring semester will have muted effect.
Still, I was happy to hear recently that her economics teacher apparently “hates” talking about the New Deal. It’s no more an economic concept than is “trickle down,” both being more governmental in nature.
It’s also one of the most undeservedly deified chapters in American history. Jacqueline L. Angel and Juan Fernando M. Torres-Gil, writing for the San Antonio Express-News, remain enthralled by it.
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