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FDR is also famous for his [[New Deal]], a set of [[economic planning]] reforms that were meant to bring about the end  of the [[Great Depression]], but instead prolonged it and caused American citizens to be burdened with unnecessary government programs for decades to come. [[Economic growth]] was negligible to non-existent, and what growth did occur was consumed by an every swelling bureaucratic government.

FDR is also famous for his [[New Deal]], a set of [[economic planning]] reforms that were meant to bring about the end  of the [[Great Depression]], but instead prolonged it and caused American citizens to be burdened with unnecessary government programs for decades to come. [[Economic growth]] was negligible to non-existent, and what growth did occur was consumed by an every swelling bureaucratic government.

Enforcement of the [[Anti-trust Act]] was considered as an essential instrument to prevent [[cartel]]s and trusts in restraint of trade which were supposed to be deadly to the system of [[free enterprise]]. The New Deal on the campaign trail called loudly for its strict enforcement. Yet immediately upon Roosevelt's accession to office it was suspended in order to cartelize every industry in America on the Italian [[fascist]] corporative model. <ref>''The Roosevelt Myth'', John T. Flynn, Fox and Wilkes, 1948, Book 1, Chapter 4, [http://www.rooseveltmyth.com/cgi-bin/framed/2767/book/fdrmyth_Chapter_Four___The_New_New_Deal.htm The New New Deal].</ref>

Enforcement of the [[Anti-trust Act]] was considered as an essential instrument to prevent [[cartel]]s and trusts in restraint of trade which were supposed to be deadly to the system of [[free enterprise]]. On the campaign trail Roosevelt called loudly for its strict enforcement. Yet immediately upon Roosevelt's accession to office it was suspended in order to cartelize every industry in America on the Italian [[fascist]] corporative model. <ref>''The Roosevelt Myth'', John T. Flynn, Fox and Wilkes, 1948, Book 1, Chapter 4, [http://www.rooseveltmyth.com/cgi-bin/framed/2767/book/fdrmyth_Chapter_Four___The_New_New_Deal.htm The New New Deal].</ref>

In 1934, a Congressional Investigation was held to examine statements Dr. William A. Wirt, who headed the U.S. [[Department of Education|Office of Education]]. Dr. Wirt had attended a dinner party at the home of his secretary, [[Alice Barrows]] a year earlier.  Barrows had been a member of the [[Communist Party of the United States]] since 1919, the same year she began working for the Office of Education.  The "Wirt Incident" was widely reported and provoked much controversy.  Barrows and several other government employees revealed to Wirt they were members of the Communist party. Wirt testified,

In 1934, a Congressional Investigation was held to examine statements Dr. William A. Wirt, who headed the U.S. [[Department of Education|Office of Education]]. Dr. Wirt had attended a dinner party at the home of his secretary, [[Alice Barrows]] a year earlier.  Barrows had been a member of the [[Communist Party of the United States]] since 1919, the same year she began working for the Office of Education.  The "Wirt Incident" was widely reported and provoked much controversy.  Barrows and several other government employees revealed to Wirt they were members of the Communist party. Wirt testified,