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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (576424)	7/18/2010 10:14:43 AM
From: SilentZ	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575629

>Once again, you're describing a safety net, not a "stimulus." The WPA, et al, were both. >There was no evidence that the Great Depression was coming to an end before 1937. Local ups and downs did nothing to change the overall picture. Yeah? That was a pretty big increase in GDP in the couple of years before 1937, and a pretty big decrease in unemployment. en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org >People became dependent on government-created projects. I have absolutely no problem with that as long as the projects help the country and its people. What would the unemployment picture be like in this country if the military were scaled back to a much more reasonable level? Which politically suited four-term president FDR. He was a four-term president for a reason... -Z