[Freedom4US]

Why was it Roosevelt's business to end the great depression? It is not the government's business to ensure the economic well being of the people.

You're right, you know. And people at the time said much the same thing. However comma things were so unimagineably bad at the time that people were willing to try anything to prevent a revolution. Things *were* that bad. As a small example of how much things have changed - my grandfather visited some relatives in South Dakota, and a very young girl showed him her "Christmas Present" - a doll; albeit a picture of a doll scissored from a Sears Roebuck catalog, and pasted on a piece of paper. That's the best they could do. And she was happy to have it. Grandpa started crying, though I doubt he ever voted for Roosevelt.

[Allan]

My father
in his childhood
possessed only one toy,
a handmade wooden cart
that he could pull
with a piece of string.