badbobby Loc: texas

not many of you lived during the bgreat depression
I did
Though just a lad,I remember the hardships my parents had
just to feed and clothe their children was a monumental undertaking
There were no Jobs to be had
My step father who helped raise me was an excellent carpenter ,but there was no need for his expertise
he was forced to bootlegging alcohol to put food on the table for his family
then FDR was elected
he did outlaw gold
but nobody had much if any
but he started WPA(Works Progress Administration)
and my step father and my mother went to work for the WPA
they each made a dollar a day
and were thankful to get it
then FDR helped start the building of 'Casa Manana' in Ft Worth Texas
and my step dad got to put his expertise to work for a decent salary
when that job was finished we moved to Velasco Texas
where he worked building the Dow Chemical building
hard times were over
I don't feel that FDR was a socialist
he just provided jobs for America

Tug484

You also started a 3% income tax that was only supposed to last long enough to pay for the war. Look where we are now.
You also lent 3 million dollars to Russia and to this day they haven't paid it back.
I know because my relative was your VP
and he got to the point he didn't like you.
He refused to be your VP in your third term.
I know because I read a book on him.

old marine Loc: America home of the brave

I would recommend a few multiple million dollar law suit's to get their attention. Provide the t***h or get sued. No excuses of mistakes or errors pay up or shut up.

old marine Loc: America home of the brave

I totally agree with you.

old marine Loc: America home of the brave

There were no politics in their era. No political parties until after the 1800's.

trucksterbud

FDR WAS a socialist. Too deep for you I'm sure but FDR and his banker buddies CAUSED the Great Depression, by manipulating the money supply. (Didn't do your homework here did ya...??)

Then, they came around and brought on the solution. Minimum wage, 40 hour work week, Social Seciurity, etc. Ya, cause, (money manipulation) effect (millions in poverty and despair) solution (government handouts, and control) Didn't do your homework here did ya..??

That's the real Democrat agenda. Put you in despair, offer the solution, a free handout, tax the rich, more government control. Always works for braindead moonbats. (And Democrats)

old marine Loc: America home of the brave

I agree Franklin D. Roosevelt was a true Democrat not anything like the Socialist Democrats of today. They wouldn't make a pimple of a real Democrat like Roosevelt's behind.

I remember the the depression living with my Grandpaw my father was his only son and my mother we all lived on the tree farm.

My father was a Marine 1st lieutenant and was called to active duty shortly after the Japanese attacked Pearl harbor. In 1942 he had a 30 day leave before shipping out overseas.

He and my mom went to Natchez to visit her mother and father and left Natchez around 1:00 AM the accident report said apparently he fell asleep. No alchohol was involved. I was three years old. My Grandmaw and Grandpaw became my parents. Grandmaw was 58 when she died of a heart attack.

Nickolai

Social security, Medicare, public utilities, public libraries, national and state parks, public land development, internet service, health care centers, fire dept, police dept, public t***sportation, every branch of the military, roads and highways, public hospitals, public toilets, public drinking fountains, public parking , public everything are all examples of socialism

old marine Loc: America home of the brave

Sorry to infirm you but your histry is wrong.

The great depression of the 1930's was due to the black friday of 1928 when the stock market crashed. The great depressiin started in 1932 and lasted until about 1936.

old marine Loc: America home of the brave

Nickolai

When FDR was elected in 1932--- 28 million Americans had no visible means of suppor. Some people along the eastern sea board were livng on boiled dandelions. The railroad cars had more hoboes riding the rails below the cars than there were paying pasengers above. Teenage girls were risking pregnancy, disease, and even death turning tricks in the hobo jungles. 80 percent of the population had no savings.

Hitle was able to re arm Germany quickly after he made himself dicatator in 1933 with financing by western capitalists such as Ford ,G M, Kodak, DuPont and A German steel magnate who thought he was a strong man who could act as a buffer between them and C*******t Russia. They thought if the Romanoves could be assassinated in a workers revolution they could could suffer the same fate if it wasn't contained

old marine Loc: America home of the brave

As usual your Socialist Dim-O-Crat mind is totally wrong. Socialist agenda destroys not provide fot the old, dissble or poor.

Pedal your bull crap Socialist agenda to someone who may be dumb enough to believe it.

old marine Loc: America home of the brave

What. Comic book did you read that in?

Nickolai

The capitalist either couldn't or wouldn't hire workers --millions of Americans were joining the socialist and c*******t parties. They and the labor unions were calling for federal intervention. Revolution was heavy in the air , something had to be done. FDR consulted with the economic elites and told them the government would have to intervene and put people to work and the would have to pay for it with increased taxes The FDR new deal included farm aid the WPA and the CCC and they hired 11 million people. Backed home mortgage allowing lenders to extend mortgages from 15 years to 30 years. They passed the Glass Steagall Act in response to 5,000 banks going down wiping out the depositors. It included FDIC all of these programs and much more had been pushed by the socialist party

EconomistDon

Petey, why are you always on the short-sighted end of the conversation? Do you not realize that Socialism is a matter of degree? Certainly, socialist practices are essential to any civilized society. People help each other in a civilized system. We can see in the remains of individuals up to 10,000 years ago that old people with bad teeth could not have survived without someone else chewing their food and spitting it into their mouths. (Isn't history fun!!!) People working together and helping each other made civilization possible.

So a civilization always has socialist characteristics, but to what extent? With time, socialism grows, especially in a prosperous civilization. Help the poor and help the handicapped grows into free stuff for all. But as free stuff grows and capitalism fades, so does prosperity. This happens over and over through history. Argentina is a prime example. In the 1950s, Argentina was the gleaming example of prosperity in South America. They had it all, grand swaths of rich farmland, abundant natural resources, and a booming economy. But socialism was taking over, robbing the country of its potential. The straw that broke the (economic) camel's back in Argentina was free healthcare for all. As happens so often in socialist societies, Argentina was taken over by f*****m under Juan Peron. The country has been an economic cesspool ever since.