Originally Posted by aceace :
There's just not enough people that care.
.... which says an awful lot about our country today.
An article titled , "Great Depression & World War II , 1929 -1945" from the Library of Congress , begins as follows ( from the very first paragraph ) ...
"The Great Depression began in 1929 when , in a period of 10 weeks , stocks on the New York Stock Exchange lost 50% of their value. Businesses and banks failed and unemployment rose dramatically. By 1932 , one of every 4 workers was unemployed".
Anything sound familiar ?
"By 1932 , hunger marches and small riots were common throughout the nation. Not all citizens were caught up in social disruptions. Many were too downtrodden in surviving day to day and placed their hope and trust in the federal government".
I'm personally well past that hope and trust part , to say the least !!
As a side note , when our current unemployment reaches 10% in this 2009 population , we will have the same number unemployed as in 1932 when the jobless rate was 25%. We're not far from it now and we will , sadly , see it become reality.
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