FDR - Postcard

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), also known by his initials, FDR was the 32nd President of the United States (1933–1945) spearheaded major legislation and issued a profusion of executive orders that instituted the New Deal—a variety of programs designed to produce relief (government jobs for the unemployed), recovery (economic growth), and reform (through regulation of Wall Street, banks and transportation). The economy improved rapidly from 1933 to 1937, but then relapsed into a deep recession, because the bipartisan Conservative Coalition that formed in 1937 prevented his passing any considerable legislation, and abolished many of the relief programs when unemployment diminished during World War II. Most of the regulations on business were ended about 1975–85, except for the regulation of Wall Street by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which still exists, much manipulated. Neoconservative Republicans representing the nation's richest 1% and ideologically-driven Tea Party members are still intent on dismantling the New Deal; and Social Security - the most successful self-insurance program in history - and Medicare are firmly in their deadly sights. The political instrument of moneyed elites, and a retrograde societal force, the GOP today is more negative than ever. Its agenda, if fully implemented, would prove catastrophic. This postcard represents the man, more than any other, that the 1% equate most closely with the great Satan: democracy and rule of the people.