"When [President Franklin] Roosevelt [increased government spending], he put our country into a Great Depression. He tried to borrow and spend, he tried to use the Keynesian approach, and our country ended up in a Great Depression. That's just history."—Representative Steve Austria (R-OH), showing off his firm grasp of American politics and history.
My pal Steve notes dryly: "Roosevelt couldn't 'put our country into a Great Depression' with the New Deal because 1933 comes after 1929. Republicans may be inclined to create their own reality, but they shouldn't create their own calendars." Heh.
In other news, all of Congressman Austria's colleagues in the Senate and the House have come to an agreement on the stimulus package. Let's hope most of them are smarter than he is.
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