US Election Discussion

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The New Deal has almost nothing to do with the stock market, I don't know what your point here is; the market was beginning to go back up before he was even in office. I suppose you -could- argue that helping the unemployed would cause a larger pool of people, both corporate and consumer, to re-invest, though, in which case, I suppose you are right. Now, he did create a couple of organizations that MONITOR the stock market, but again, those were formed well AFTER the collapse was already over. He did considerably increase the amount of power the executive branch wields, though, so I can't be too happy about that when the goal is a balance of power, but that's a different subject.

I'm not claiming that government should stay out of everything PERIOD...it's the government's job to take care of many things in their jurisdiction, I'm simply arguing that the stock market is not a PART of their jurisdiction. The government's true objective in my eyes is simply to protect the citizens of their country, maintain a basic infrastructure (to clarify, this means a physical infrastructure and a legal infrastructure, I do realize we need laws!), and get the hell out of the way.