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To: rzeznikj at stout

You think someone could get the new Presidente de Mexico a history lesson as to how FDRs plans got us out of the great depression and maybe he could implement something similar there so that they are not all crawling up here.


223 posted on 07/12/2006 12:57:18 PM PDT by Kate of Spice Island (Nothing matters but the weekend...from a Tuesday point of view!)
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To: Kate of Spice Island

One would think.

Then again, Mexico is clearly not as industralized as we are. Nothing against them, but their economy is based a lot on tourism, oil, and agriculture.

When the stock market crashed in 1929, we were extremely industrialized--that gave FDR a bone to work with when crafting our bootstrap out of the Great Depression.

Yes he did come up with the TVA, CCC, WPA, etc. but the fact that we still had heavy industry meant that while our economy took a severe hit, it wasn't a total loss.


224 posted on 07/12/2006 1:02:42 PM PDT by rzeznikj at stout (ASCII and ye shall receive... (Computers 3:14))
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