Why did President Hoover oppose direct federal relief to the unemployed?

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Sim W.
Oct 9, 2017

He believed in state nonintervention in the economy

Explanation:

Hoover was a proponent of laissez faire economics and would not provide any form of help to the poor, the Democrats nicknamed him "do nothing".

This is contested by Libertarians and some conservatives who claim Hoover was actually a statist and increased state intervention. Nonetheless he gave no direct help to the unemployed.

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