The economists say that we are getting close to what is was like in the 20's-30's "The Depression." Those that were around than--or heard stories about than vs. what we are facing now . would you please share. It seems so interesting. Kathie
The depression that the talking heads refer to(most or probably all were not even born during that perid) was much different at least as far as Phyllis and I can compare.We lived on farms so were not unemployed We did not go hungry as gardens provided food and animals meat.There was no TV to tell us how bad off we were and no statastions to real off all the depressing figures. We all knew we were poor. There was no bail outs for banks. The one in Fedora went belly up. You would see farms with painted houses and barns and you klnew the insurance companies had taken them over. There were no 401 Ks or IRAs to worry about and no retirement funds to be concerned about.Phyllis's Dad and my Dad had hired men who worked for room and board and a dollar a day.On saturday nights we would go to town. Phyllis especialy remembers stopping at your grat grafathers cream station --the check for the cream would buy groceries for the next week, then your grandfather Harvey would buy all the kids ice cream cones then those in town would gather to hear the local school band play and then hang out with friends. Those who could afford 10 cents could go to Silky's theatre for a movie. There were no farm subsidies to pay farmres not to raise commodities, On top of that it was the time of the grasshopper plagues and the dust storms. My Dad always said we lived in the great American desert where it rained twice--once too late for the small grain and once too late for the corn. Franklin Roosevelt was president and he and congress instituted the WPA, CCC camps, and other govenment programs to get people back to work. World war 2 began the road to recovery and as they say "the rest is history". Jim & Phyllis
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The depression that the talking heads refer to(most or probably all were not even born during that perid) was much different at least as far as Phyllis and I can compare.We lived on farms so were not unemployed We did not go hungry as gardens provided food and animals meat.There was no TV to tell us how bad off we were and no statastions to real off all the depressing figures. We all knew we were poor. There was no bail outs for banks. The one in Fedora went belly up. You would see farms with painted houses and barns and you klnew the insurance companies had taken them over. There were no 401 Ks or IRAs to worry about and no retirement funds to be concerned about.Phyllis's Dad and my Dad had hired men who worked for room and board and a dollar a day.On saturday nights we would go to town. Phyllis especialy remembers stopping at your grat grafathers cream station --the check for the cream would buy groceries for the next week, then your grandfather Harvey would buy all the kids ice cream cones then those in town would gather to hear the local school band play and then hang out with friends. Those who could afford 10 cents could go to Silky's theatre for a movie. There were no farm subsidies to pay farmres not to raise commodities, On top of that it was the time of the grasshopper plagues and the dust storms. My Dad always said we lived in the great American desert where it rained twice--once too late for the small grain and once too late for the corn. Franklin Roosevelt was president and he and congress instituted the WPA, CCC camps, and other govenment programs to get people back to work. World war 2 began the road to recovery and as they say "the rest is history". Jim & Phyllis
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