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talkpoliticsFriends, enemies, let us come together in good spirits and faith to remember a great man who saved capitalism. Many Americans are not quite aware of just how close the US and A came to failing. The ravishes of the Great Depression and the global chaos which ensued sparked a seething cauldron of extreme discontent. In the 1930s, as Fascism was on the march, Communism spreading it's insidiousness, the US and A stood poised on the brink. Wall St. hatched secret plots to recruit disgruntled veterans. Labor groups fell sway to communist agents. And of course, the booming Sicilian, Jewish and Irish "businesses" stood ready to play kingmaker. As the Great Depression wore on, there was but One Man who played the sides, wheeled and dealed, and saved capitalism. Of course, I speak of FDR(Peace Be Upon Him). All of us good men and women of the US and A should raise our glasses to the hero of capitalism. Let us never sully his good name with disrespect, for without him we would all be locked in chains or thrown into dungeons. Come, let us come together in our own hard times and remember this example, and draw strength from it.
If you don't, you're probably a Nazi.
If you don't, you're probably a Nazi.
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Date: 5/10/11 11:28 (UTC)Did he do that on TV? Joe Biden said he did.
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Date: 5/10/11 04:02 (UTC)I get all my history from youtube now.
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Date: 5/10/11 05:09 (UTC)I believe the plan...
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Date: 5/10/11 06:07 (UTC)Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) a Hoover program to create unskilled jobs for relief; replaced by WPA in 1935.
United States bank holiday, 1933: closed all banks until they became certified by federal reviewers
Abandonment of gold standard, 1933: gold reserves no longer backed currency; still exists
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), 1933–1942: employed young men to perform unskilled work in rural areas; under United States Army supervision; separate program for Native Americans
Homeowners Loan Corporation (HOLC) helped people keep their homes, the government bought properties from the bank allowing people to pay the government instead of the banks in installments they could afford, keeping people in their homes and banks afloat.
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), 1933: effort to modernize very poor region (most of Tennessee), centered on dams that generated electricity on the Tennessee River; still exists
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA), 1933: raised farm prices by cutting total farm output of major crops and livestock; replaced by a new AAA because the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional.
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA), 1933: industries set up codes to reduce unfair competition, raise wages and prices; ended 1935. The US Supreme Court ruled the NIRA unconstitutional
Public Works Administration (PWA), 1933: built large public works projects; used private contractors (did not directly hire unemployed). Ended 1938.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insures bank deposits and supervises state banks; still exists
Glass–Steagall Act regulates investment banking; repealed 1999
Securities Act of 1933, created the SEC, 1933: codified standards for sale and purchase of stock, required awareness of investments to be accurately disclosed; still exists
Civil Works Administration (CWA), 1933–34: provided temporary jobs to millions of unemployed
Indian Reorganization Act, 1934: moved away from assimilation; policy dropped
Social Security Act (SSA), 1935: provided financial assistance to: elderly, handicapped, paid for by employee and employer payroll contributions; required 7 years contributions, so first payouts were in 1942; still exists
Works Progress Administration (WPA), 1935: a national labor program for more than 2 million unemployed; created useful construction work for unskilled men; also sewing projects for women and arts projects for unemployed artists, musicians and writers; ended 1943.
National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) / Wagner Act, 1935: set up National Labor Relations Board to supervise labor-management relations; In the 1930s, it strongly favored labor unions. Modified by the Taft-Hartley Act (1947); still exists
Judicial Reorganization Bill, 1937: gave the President power to appoint a new Supreme Court judge for every judge 70 years or older; failed to pass Congress
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC), 1938: Insures crops and livestock against loss of production or revenue. Was restructured during the creation of the Risk Management Agency in 1996 but continues to exist.
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Surplus Commodities Program (1936); gives away food to poor; still exists as Food Stamp Program
Fair Labor Standards Act 1938: established a maximum normal work week of 44 hours and a minimum wage of 40 cents/hour and outlawed most forms of child labor; still exists, hours have been lowered to 40 hours over the years.
Rural Electrification Administration, (REA)one of the federal executive departments of the United States government charged with providing public utilities (electricity, telephone, water, sewer) to rural areas in the U.S. via public-private partnerships. still exists.
Resettlement Administration (RA), Resettled poor tenant farmers; replaced by Farm Security Administration in 1935.
Farm Security Administration (FSA), Helped poor farmers by a variety of economic and educational programs; still exists as Farmers Home Administration.
Please, tell me more.
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Date: 5/10/11 16:24 (UTC)::points at you::
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Continue the glorious struggle against social fascism, Comrade:
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Date: 5/10/11 16:55 (UTC)Sorry...
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Date: 5/10/11 12:16 (UTC)Norman Lear has a good one.
Date: 5/10/11 16:40 (UTC)"Eleanor was runnin' around with the coloreds."