Needless to say, there is no president more hallowed in liberal lore than FDR. In nearly every survey that has been done of liberal academics, FDR always ranks among the top three presidents of all time, behind only George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, and always top among modern presidents.
FDR's chief instrument for shaking down his targets was the crown jewel of his New Deal: the WPA, the Works Progress Administration.
Let's stick with the WPA, under which FDR reformulated relief from FERA. WPA become the cash cow that FDR would milk not only for public jobs but for political patronage.
As Folsom notes, FDR would choose "Which states would receive what," and the main problem was that this "Made relief a game of political manipulation," at least in the hands of a manipulative president like Franklin Roosevelt.
Page 157, next to last paragraph, is quid pro quo with FDR and Kansas City boss "Big Tom" Pendergast.
Pages 170-77 are loaded with patronage quid pro quo by FDR. Page 184, middle of the page, quote from Sen. Hiram Johnson on subsidies for votes.
Page 185 shows quid pro quo with FDR and the black vote.
https://spectator.org/franklin-delano-quid-pro-quo/
FDR's chief instrument for shaking down his targets was the crown jewel of his New Deal: the WPA, the Works Progress Administration.
Let's stick with the WPA, under which FDR reformulated relief from FERA. WPA become the cash cow that FDR would milk not only for public jobs but for political patronage.
As Folsom notes, FDR would choose "Which states would receive what," and the main problem was that this "Made relief a game of political manipulation," at least in the hands of a manipulative president like Franklin Roosevelt.
Page 157, next to last paragraph, is quid pro quo with FDR and Kansas City boss "Big Tom" Pendergast.
Pages 170-77 are loaded with patronage quid pro quo by FDR. Page 184, middle of the page, quote from Sen. Hiram Johnson on subsidies for votes.
Page 185 shows quid pro quo with FDR and the black vote.
https://spectator.org/franklin-delano-quid-pro-quo/
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