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Jim DeMint: We cannot draw lessons from every aspect of the Great Depression or from FDR's response.

On the recordMarch 30, 2009
We cannot draw lessons from every aspect of the Great Depression or from FDR's response.
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Jim DeMint
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

DeMint emphasizes the need to learn from the Great Depression while acknowledging its complexities.

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