FDR or Ronald Reagan

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Both Presidents inherited an economy on the brink, but the two decided to handle the economy totally differently. The Great Depression began with the Great Crash of 1929. By 1931, unemployment had reached 16 percent. By 1933, 89 percent of stock value had been wiped out, the economy had shrunk by one-third, thousands of banks had closed, a third of the money supply had vanished, and unemployment had reached 25 percent. FDR's answer was vast federal spending, tough new regulations on business and higher taxes. What did that accomplish nothing except keep the American economy depressed. The Jimmy Carter era was the worst economy since the great depression interest rates had reached 21 percent and inflation 13 percent which we call stagflation. This is what Ronald Reagan inherited. His answer was the tight money policy of the Fed and across the board tax cuts of 25 percent, while slashing the highest rates from 70 percent to 28 percent. What did that accomplish a boom that created 20 million jobs and has been credited as America's seven fat years. So which one would you choose?