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FDR's new deal was completely different from Obama's new deal. Roosevelt spent mostly on industry to create jobs, while seizing bankrupt banks under a chapter 11 of the US code. Obama is bailing out banks that are refusing to lend to industry like Goldman sachs. People call FDR a communist for seizing banks, but the fact is that he was doing what the United states code required him to do.

Reactionary Republicans claim that Roosevelt "prolonged the depression" with his spending plan, but what actually happened was the he momentarily gave in to the conservatives to "balance the budget", and cut spending. The economy immediately dipped and it took much longer to get out of the depression.

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