My dad worked for the CCC. It was the first money the family had in years. The CCC saved our family. Without that work, I would not be here today. God bless FDR! God bless the republic! Unlike the disciples of Hoover who have abused the Presidency, FDR knew that a nation that ignored its weakest and middle class, would no longer be a nation. He realized that “rugged individualism” was a Western myth akin to “social darwinism.” America was never about exclusion—despite the worst episodes of “Know Nothingism” and the KKK…Some presidents of the modern era, just don’t get it….