We really ARE back to the 30's...look at this:

[dixiegrrrrl]

snapshot of history...written in 1932:

"by now 50 families control 95 percent of the wealth of the country, and these families,
their trusts and holding companies, are now not only not distributing that wealth in any equitable ration,
but even if they were so minded, they are not capable of so doing. Taken collectively, they do not constitute any central authority..."
This is from The Progressive, which has reprinted a series of articles written in the Depression.
Seems not much has changed.
http://www.progressive.org/wx040709.html

Author was Theodore Drieser.
If you do not know who he was, it is worth a peek in Wiki.

The Neo-cons publicly stated they wanted to roll back this country to PRE-Roosevelt.
they have damn near succeeded.

[texastoast]

1. You'll know

When a family pulls up in a wagon full of kids in front of your house asking for food and when you tell them you have none to share but they are welcome to some water, the family takes it and starts digging wild onions to make a broth for supper.

[rwheeler31]

2. The 100 year edition of the Progressive is a treasure.

[tbyg52]

5. It sure is. I'm up to 1992.

I'm going to go buy a "keeper" copy, and send them a little something to defray the cost as well.

And then I think I'll go buy a copy for our library and another for our history teachers!

[montanacowboy]

3. Drieser

My favorite author "An American Tragedy"

was made into a movie called A Place in the Sun with Monty Clift. The Book is outstanding and an American Classic.

[Quantess]

4. Interesting.

[Myrina]

6. ... honestly, we never LEFT the 30's ....

.... those same families who controlled 95% of the wealth in the 30's (and prior) are the same 50 families who still control 95% of the wealth (except for Buffet, Soros and Gates) .... they just allowed for expanded credit and lending practices to make the rest of us feel like the 40's and 50's were about an 'equal(er) playing field' and 'achieving the American dream'.

It's been smoke and mirrors the whole time, with just a few hands on the levers of power.
Most people are just now realizing that. :(

[DemReadingDU]

7. Back to the 1930s, Part I

Wagner Urges Unemployment Relief Action
By Sen. Robert Wagner
June 14, 1930

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In one single month last winter, factory workers alone lost in wages $200 million. It the first three months of 1930, it has been estimated that wage earners alone lost no less than a billion in wages. If by a little expenditure or money and a big expenditure of thought, we can build a dam to shut off this Niagara of money losses arising out of unemployment, is it not sound economy to do so?

Consider what it would have meant to the farmer, to the manufacturer, and in turn to the worker if this vast amount of purchasing power had not been withdrawn from the market.

But there is an even greater national asset to be saved: the national character. No one can exaggerate the terrific blight on character which unemployment inflicts. Unemployment produces child labor, disrupts the family, destroys independence, and breeds discontent with government. Who is there who will talk of cost when these are at stake?
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http://www.progressive.org/wx040609.html

[Olney Blue]

8. Interesting.

Thank you for the email! :hi:

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. U R welcome..

Couldn't hurt, ya know?