In 1933, congress passed the National Recovery Act, giving FDR’s Administration power to regulate industries and set prices in an attempt to stimulate economic recovery.
And, surprise!
It did not work.
But you would think Liberal website Vox would know their Progressive history.
Or, did they think the National Rifle Association is now regulating chocolate?
Before Vox had a chance to delete the tweet, Twitter had some fun with it:
@back_ttys Holy crap! These people have never heard of the National Recovery Administration. And I thought FDR was one of their heroes.
— Vile Koch Myrmidon (@heatpacker) August 27, 2015
.@back_ttys Nice picture! When cocoa is outlawed only outlaws will have cocoa! #NRA
— Mike aka Proof (@ProofBlog) August 27, 2015
@HokieMBA00 @voxdotcom I would have bet they stumble upon the National Restaurant Association this time, or the National Realtors Assoc.
— Thomas M. (@onlygoodcommies) August 28, 2015
.@voxdotcom Government acronyms confusing? perhaps you should consult experts at the Central Intelligence Agency. pic.twitter.com/ARP84Wopwa
— Popehat (@Popehat) August 27, 2015
….On Thursday, the people behind Vox’s social media feed confused the National Rifle Association with the National Recovery Administration, an agency that was set up to help pull the U.S. out of the Great Depression.
A tweet linking to an article titled “The NRA’s president supported ‘sharply restricting’ guns in 1934. Then its members revolted,” included an image of the ancient National Recovery Administration logo.
Vox’s social media team either didn’t notice the poster’s text referring to “cocoa and chocolate manufacturing,” or it simply didn’t occur to them that these foodstuffs have nothing to do with firearms or the Second Amendment….
Another example of their mindless stupidity.
The fruits of being willfully ignorant.
Not surprised that Libs have a copy of NRA Blue Eagle around. They have to love that legislation.
“British journalist Alistair Cooke described Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s presidency of the United States of America in the two years from his inauguration to the Supreme Court’s declaration that the National Recovery Administration was unconstitutional, as a benevolent dictatorship.” (Henry Ford was not enamored of the legislation. The football team, Philadelphia Eagles, is named for the NRA Blue Eagle.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Recovery_Administration
Formed in 1933, the NRA law was overturned by the Supreme Court in 1935. What a difference from the Roberts’ court.
“…the Supreme Court held the mandatory codes section of NIRA unconstitutional, because it attempted to regulate commerce that was not interstate in character, and that the codes represented an unacceptable delegation of power from the legislature to the executive. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes wrote for a unanimous Court in invalidating the industrial “codes of fair competition” which the NIRA enabled the President to issue. The Court held that the codes violated the United States Constitution’s separation of powers as an impermissible delegation of legislative power to the executive branch. The Court also held that the NIRA provisions were in excess of congressional power under the Commerce Clause….”
Historical note: Shifra has previously explained how the blue eagle was killed by a sick chicken. Seems the FDR thought he could pull us out of the Great Depression by throwing a couple of immigrant Jewish poultry dealers in jail, and SCOTUS clipped his wings. We should know better now, but as VOX thoughtfully reminds us, ignorance is a renewable resource.
Maynard, thanks! That was my very first post 🙂
A mind may be a terrible thing to waste, but it does have humorous side effects.