Is it time for a new New Deal?

[DroppinScience]

I would think so.

The Independent gives a breakdown of what Roosevelt's New Deal was and the parallels this economic crisis has to 1929.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/the-big-question-what-was-roosevelts-new-deal-and-is-something-like-it-needed-today-932942.html

And, of course, Howard Zinn writes on what the $700 billion could be spent on (hint: it's not the banks or the CEOs).

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/10/02-2

[ToucanSpam]

I think it's time for a new system of government, or nationalization of major corporations, but that kind of change is for them there reds, isn't it?

[Bob]

new deal, just like the old deal

[abbott]

what is the new deal ... what can we build this time?

maybe we could build a big saltwater purifyer and pipes to take the water all over the US?

[freetibet]

New deal, that welfare-state Keynesian bullshit? Gov intervention will only makes matters worse. Go ahead, pour another $ trillion or something into the financial system, in case they didn't already realise that it's OK to create bad debt..

Oh, and make sure that guy from Kenya (Osama?) takes over the White House. As a socialist, he's the man for the job.

[another ban for me?;P]

[Bob]

[another ban for me?;P]

might be nice