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In the actual timeline, Herbert Hoover is known an a Laissez-Faire stooge who was no different then most in his time, but had the misfortune of being in office during the crash. However, in reality he implemented the greatest tarriff in global history, wage control, price control, rose taxes by 39%, started workers programs, the Federal Home Loan Act, he gave monetary emergency aide to the states for the first time on a wide spread scale, and he started the NCC/RFC.

John Nance Garner accused Hoover of out right Socialism, while FDR pointed out that he has increased spending levels to peace time records. Roosevelt ran on a campaign that suggested that he would lower taxes, tarriffs, and decrease government spending by 25%.


How can the obvious, that Hoover was not a Laissez-Faire practitioner, be common knowledge in America today?
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