20 ways Obama is NOT approaching this "recession" like Roosevelt approached a 3 year old "depression

[JayMusgrove]

I had a discussion with someone who voted for Obama, but seems to be educated in the 1950's, and has no idea that there is a difference between Obama and the current worldwide recession, caused by radical free marketers worldwide, and lack of regulation... OK there was a lack of regulation under Bush..so he thinks Obama is making the same mistakes that led us to WW II and 10 years of "depression" before economic recovery.......he thinks only war or inflation can solve our problems..

I know, I know, he's just a Ph.D. with a degree that was earned 40 years ago, and he thinks major corporations should be able to shelter profits made in the USA from taxes....he thinks he "earned" his dividends from multinational corporations that gave him dividends over the past 8 years.......he defends his right to be rich.

So I tell him about corporations hiding profits in the Cayman Islands, and he doesn't want to listen.

I tell him that Social Security and Medicare give him a chance to live out his senior years without going broke, he doesn't want to hear that he cannot give $500,000 to each of his three grandchildren........and can live out his life with minor pain and suffering with the Medicare and supplemental insurance he pays $50 a month for.

What do we do with elderly beneficiaries of "socialized medicine", who think they "earned" the right to continue to be this kind of compromised and totally irrational voter.......it's ok for them to benefit from socialism, but no one else should.

How do we make these people see what hypocrites they are?

Oh wait, simple question, what is different NOW than in 1933? For those of you who don't want to deal with the other philosophical issues.

Ok this is heavy, deep, hard to respond to....but give it a shot, and give me links if you can.

[panader0]

1. I missed the twenty ways............?

[Occam Bandage]

2. "What are some ways..." would probably be a better title than "20 ways...".

[ZombieHorde]

3. Obama is way cooler than FDR. nt

[OwnedByFerrets]

4. what is different NOW??

We dont manufacture ANYTHING! That is why we will not dig ourselves out this time. I know this doesnt answer your question, but it answers that ONE question.

[sarah553807]

5. "he thinks only war or inflation can solve our problems.."

Yeah,I guess in 2009 Iraq and Afghanistan doesn't constitute to a "real" war anymore.