The Great Depression (Britannica.com)

[babylonsister]

Run time: 00:58 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCNKq0-9p3w   Posted on YouTube: February 16, 2007 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: March 17, 2008 By DU Member: babylonsister Views on DU: 325

 
I know, not too cheerful. :hide:

[snappyturtle]

1. I think a lot of people here in the U.S. are going to learn for the

first time in their lives to "make do", as the old saying goes. I think extremely hard financial times are coming. This administration would have left the whole mess alone if they could have seen their way clear to leave it as a problem for the next adminstration. Maybe we should start creating ways to make lemonade out of all the lemons we been handed....hopefully, we'll be better off for it. Time to make plans to help one another because we all know too well the government isn't going to do much. Indeed :hide: babylonsister

The Hoovervilles are already being populated:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/03/17/gutierrez.campground.living.cnn