[Vision2020] Michele Bachmann and the Great Depression (kinda)

[Darrell Keim]

Tom:

You could very well be correct.  It has been a few weeks since I read it.


On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
> Darrell Keim stated:
>
> "The Economist did prominently discuss Hoot-Smalley as something that may have
> prolonged the depression."
>
> Darrell:  Are you sure that The Economist discussed the "Hoot-Smalley Act" and
> NOT the "Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act", which was "pioneered by Senator Reed Smoot,
> a Republican from Utah, and Representative Willis C. Hawley, a Republican from
> Oregon" as reported in the Wikipedia at:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot-Hawley_Tariff_Act
>
> FYI:  Michele Bachmann may not be popular in the Pacific time zone, but she is
> well known by her constituents in the 6th District of Minnesota.
>
> http://bachmann.house.gov/
>
> Seeya at the Renaissance fair and/or the Farmers' Market, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change and
> the Realist adjusts his sails."
>
> - Unknown
>
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