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'Hooverism', it looked as though Wall Street's big, scary bear ate the Pig with the Lipstick for breakfast.
Global Paradigms 2008
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The fact is, the right is still trying to bring down the New Deal in order to resurrect their Neo-Hooverism. dsulzman Says:
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The real ideological war about to unfold is not between capitalism and socialism; it is not between Keynesianism and Hooverism, but rather between those advocating unpopular but necessary long-term solutions and those advocating popular and politically expedient remedies certain to appeal to a generation of individuals who have unknowingly profited handsomely from the very government-directed funding they now so vociferously attack.
Lance Simmens: The Tea Is Tainted Lance Simmens 2010
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The real ideological war about to unfold is not between capitalism and socialism; it is not between Keynesianism and Hooverism, but rather between those advocating unpopular but necessary long-term solutions and those advocating popular and politically expedient remedies certain to appeal to a generation of individuals who have unknowingly profited handsomely from the very government-directed funding they now so vociferously attack.
Lance Simmens: The Tea Is Tainted Lance Simmens 2010
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Hooverism had shown itself to be a pathetic attempt to deny the obvious and put off the inevitable.
Lance Mannion: 2008
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Still there is more to the Republican side of the debate than just Hooverism, and given the way the congressional pay-as-you-go ( "pay-go") rules work, Democrats can, and should, put aside the ideological battle and the potential campaign issue, and identify some tax increases and budget cuts we can support to bring the budget closer to balance once the economy starts moving forward.
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Hooverism had shown itself to be a pathetic attempt to deny the obvious and put off the inevitable.
Franklin Roosevelt, Barack Obama, and the American Okee-doke 2008
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This is Hooverism and it is still very popular in the Republican Party (check Bobby Jindal and many Republicans in Congress).
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Hooverism did not work well in 1929-1933, and, it has not been effective in the last three decades.
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It is Hooverism, if you help the corporations long enough, sooner or later the economy as a whole will pick up.
The Lost Children 2009
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