[SomeCallMeTim]

Pollyanna.

Guilty as charged.

MY grandfather told that 50 years ago. He said he learned it during the Great Depression.

I've seen very little since then to suggest he was wrong.

[little jeremiah]

During the great depression, almost all goods used by Americans were made in America.

People can work only if there are jobs available. And to start a small business, there have to be people with money to purchase the goods or services offered, AND no red tape regulations that strangle small businesses.

In the county I live in, the are few jobs, and the onerous taxes and regulations cause almost every small business started to fail within 2 years.

The only solution is to either grow marijuana, which unfortunately many people do, or move to another location, which is very difficult. To rent a person needs a huge lump of cash and a job. And a lot of people here own their homes, and it’s very hard to sell anything now.

So, I disagree with your viewpoint.

[Vigilanteman]

My Dad, who LIVED through the Great Depression told me the same thing. It isn't always pretty, it is seldom easy, but it can be done. He grew up on a reservation in a rural area where the only cash work available was with the WPA. The WPA favored imports, not locals. Still, there was a lot of barter which went on. And when the WPA found out the locals could outwork the imports, they hired them.

Dad joked that the locals thought WPA stood for "We Putter Around".