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To: TobagoJack who wrote (85699)	1/9/2012 9:35:51 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 220063

The US has already used BRAC process: members of Congress from affected districts make such initiatives difficult Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) BRAC process was developed in an attempt to achieve the government's goal of closing and realigning military installations despite the political challenges which often arise when facilities face reduction or elimination. Because a military base can bring millions of dollars in federal money to its locale each year, challenges raised by members of Congress from affected districts make such initiatives difficult. Congress created the BRAC process in 1988 as a politically palatable method to pursue such goals. en.wikipedia.org Argentina did not want to let their universities fend for themselves, neither sack any of their 400.000 public servants. It chose to default.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (85699)	1/9/2012 9:40:38 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 220063

Between 1910 and 1930, the African American population grew by about 40% in Northern states, mostly in the major cities. Cities including Chicago, Detroit, New York City, and Cleveland had some of the biggest increases in the early part of the 20th century. In 1900-1901, Chicago had a total population of 1,754,473. [8] By 1920, the city had added more than 1 million residents. During the second wave of the Great Migration (1940–1960), the African-American population in the city grew from 278,000 to 813,000. en.wikipedia.org Filmed during the 1990s and released on PBS in 2000, Goin’ to Chicago is a sixty minute film about the largest internal movement of people in United States history—the Great Migration. Between 1916 and 1970, six million African Americans left the cotton fields and segregation of the rural South for northern, midwestern, and western cities, changing the American cultural and political landscape. The film weaves together personal stories with archival footage, photographs, and a soundtrack featuring blues, rhythm and blues, and gospel music—much of it recorded specifically for Goin' to Chicago. This multimedia essay features two clips exploring the experiences of migrants to Chicago and the subsequent decline of the industrial opportunities that initially attracted them. Director George King provides insights into the experience of filming these clips and his choices for constructing and editing this documentary. southernspaces.org

To: TobagoJack who wrote (85699)	1/9/2012 9:58:40 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 220063

The US grew as China today: Gilded Age. (It) saw the greatest period of economic growth in American history. After the short-lived panic of 1873, the economy recovered with the advent of hard money policies and industrialization. The Second Industrial Revolution occurred from 1870 to 1920 and included innovations like the use of electricity in factories. In addition to technological innovations, the United States led the Second Industrial Revolution in great part due to its abundance of natural resources. Since capital and natural resources are complements, the US manufacturing economy became more capital intensive as more and more natural resources were extracted. From 1869 to 1879, the US economy grew at a rate of 6.8% for NNP (GDP minus capital depreciation) and 4.5% for NNP per capita. The economy repeated this period of growth in the 1880s, in which the wealth of the nation grew at an annual rate of 3.8%, while the GDP was also doubled. Real wages also increased greatly during the 1880s. [15] Economist Milton Friedman states that for the 1880s, "The highest decadal rate [of growth of real reproducible, tangible wealth per head from 1805 to 1950] for periods of about ten years was apparently reached in the eighties with approximately 3.8 percent." [16] en.wikipedia.org