Grapes of Wrath?  That's a primary source?  Treat your own arguments with the same scrutiny you treat mine.

I'm not a member or a past voter of the GOP - you call my analysis 2-dimensional but if I disagree with you I'm automatically part of a group of people that are all wrong all the time?

I didn't accuse the Congressman of violating any economic principles; I just think that those who hold elective office and make decisions that affect the economy ought to have some basic knowledge about economics.

What proof, if any at all, do you have that the New Deal caused inflation for generations?

More explicitly, the theories offer no explanation as to why huge swaths of entrepreneurs make crucial investment mistakes simultaneously.  

the only path to recovery is to allow deflation and the liquidation of these poor investment.

I was listening to a debate between Jim DeMint and Barney Frank, one of the best Dems in terms of arguing liberal positions. Yet even Barney did not refute DeMint when he said we need to cut corporate taxes because we have the highest corporate tax rate in the world. This is the kind of talking point that sticks in people's minds and not refuting it implies it is correct. The truth is that, while our nominal tax rate is high, we allow many deductions for things we want to encourage - employee health insurance, R&D, captital investment, etc. making our rates very competitive with other countries.

Compare the way that Republicans vigorously defend their presidents and candidates with the way Democrats cowered in the corner when Gore was so viciously attacked in 2000. How often have you heard a Democrat explain that while it is true that tax cuts do usually raise revenues, it is never enough to even come close to making up the revenue that is lost by the tax. Tax cuts always raise the deficit. Republicans have been making this claim for years with little push back. No wonder people believe it.