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[BullNBear52]

Not too many people were a fan of going back to war after WWI and Hoover's train wreck of tariffs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot%E2%80%93Hawley_Tariff_Act

Henry Ford wanted no part in the war. Doesn't paint him as a hero but he finally got on board.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/the-dark-legacy-of-henry-fords-anti-semitism-commentary/2014/10/10/c95b7df2-509d-11e4-877c-335b53ffe736_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.9a411f1b8391

Conix is just revisionist history to suit her twisted agenda about socialists and Russia. Obviously no link was provided to back up the BS.

https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=141367868

She probably has a framed picture of Joe McCarthy somewhere.

In any event Roosevelt knew we were eventually going to have to get engaged and put the US economy on a war footing prior to Pearl Harbor.

If you look at the tax rates prior to the war you should be able to figure it out.

https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/statistics/historical-highest-marginal-income-tax-rates

Congress wasn't on board but starting in 1936 Roosevelt started increasing the tax rate. Coinciding with Hitler's ascension into power.

The only thing Roosevelt needed was a trigger to get Congress on board. I'll leave it to the conspiracy nut cases to say Roosevelt knew about Pearl Harbor but didn't do a thing.

My dad who was born in 1911 from Springfield Ma obviously knew his history as well. He figured we were going to war again and enlisted prior to Pearl Harbor.