the great depression

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Marlina @marlina (154103) • Canada 13 Sep 15

I have been watching some videos on YouTube about "The Great Depression" they are very well done and I am enjoying this series. Do you like watching documentaries on YouTube?

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Audacity

GilbertoCintron @GilbertoCintron (7) • United States 15 Mar 09

After eight years of failed policy, the Republican Party has the Audacity to criticize the new U.S. President for attempting to implement a bold new agenda, one that he and his advisor's believe will jump start the U.S. and maybe...

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Do you think we are going back into another Depression?

Kat4676 @Kat4676 (474) • United States 29 Jan 09

With the economy and everything the way that it is now, is it possible to go back to times similar to The Great Depression? I was discussing this with my fiance last night and we both realized that, Ya it is a possibility. What...

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Stop blaming the president!

katran @katran (585) • United States 21 Jan 09

I am pretty tired of hearing people blame the president (namely Bush in this case) for all the troubles of the world. Anyone who had taken even the slightest little bit of government in high school should know that the president...

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Four Traps for Obama

atish19 @atish19 (180) • Mauritius 14 Jan 09

2010 is do-or-die time for the Obame Administration Bill Clinton lost a majority in Congress two years after he came into office. Enough voters switched against the Democrats to bring the Gingrich-led GOP Congress into majority...

FDR or Ronald Reagan

gewcew23 @gewcew23 (8007) • United States 12 Jan 09

Both Presidents inherited an economy on the brink, but the two decided to handle the economy totally differently. The Great Depression began with the Great Crash of 1929. By 1931, unemployment had reached 16 percent. By 1933, 89...

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Communities Printing Their Own Currency?

kellys3ps @kellys3ps (3723) • United States 5 Jan 09

I know that some people are worried about the value of a dollar in this economy, but I'm not sure what I think about this. It seems that some communities are considering printing their own currency, which could be bought with U.S....

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Remembering Lee Iacocca, Whats wrong with America?

barehugs @barehugs (8973) • Canada 4 Jan 09

~Lee Iacocca, the man who rescued Chrysler Corp from its Death Throes, is 82 and has a written a new book, "Where have All the Leaders Gone?"~ "Am I the only guy in this country who's fed up with what's happening? Where the...

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When Can This Country Be Politically Mature

finescribe @finescribe (199) • Philippines 1 Jan 09

I was trying to grasp how on earth are our leaders not so mindful with the impending global crisis. Instead of finding measures to cope with the crisis, they are struggling to extend their power or perhaps, as the case oppossition...

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Do you see the economy as the next great depression?

honeydew07 @honeydew07 (48) • United States 31 Dec 08

I really need reponses to this all opinions are welcome.

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President during a depression greater than the Great Depression !!

ronnyb @ronnyb (6113) • Jamaica 20 Dec 08

Now my concern is ,is the president more concerned about the social implications of this or his place in history ?. * Where was this social conscience when he was just about to invade Iraq and unleash the worst crisis that that...

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Will we ever learn?

Arkie69 @Arkie69 (2156) • United States 19 Dec 08

In the past few months I have done a lot of reading and talking to people about the "Great Depression" as most people like to call it. This has also included the "roaring 20's" which caused the depression and the 1940's which...

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the great depression!

pinkzebragirl @messageme (2821) • United States 18 Dec 08

News states that the economy hasn't been this low since the 1930's! We all know where that led to...THE GREAT DEPRESSON! Months ago I told my bf I believe we are headed for another depression and every time I see more jobs being...

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a good book, a good life.

leelonger @leelonger (5) • China 15 Dec 08

a few days ago, i read a book named "Your University", which told us how to deal 17with your things in college and become a successful people. today, get a satisfied job is not easy because of the great depression. maybe we can...

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There is Nothing so Bad that it can't get Worse! Nail soup, anyone?

barehugs @barehugs (8973) • Canada 10 Dec 08

In these depressed times of Hunger and Hardship, here is a story from the the Great Depression in the Dirty Thirties. A Tramp knocked on a door and asked for a meal. "I'm sorry the woman," said, " But I have nothing in the...

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economy problems?

frozenimage @frozenimage (464) • United States 4 Dec 08

Will the us economy be even worse than the great depression?

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SURPRISE! We're in a Recession...

anniepa @anniepa (27955) • United States 1 Dec 08

...and have been for nearly a year now! The National Bureau of Economic Research said today the U.S. economy has been in recession since December of 2007. http://biz.yahoo.com/cnnm/081201/120108_recession.html The above...

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10.61 Billion....we may be headed for a depression but.....

relundad @relundad (2310) • United States 29 Nov 08

We may be headed to some of the worst economic times since the Great Depression, but Americans will still have Christmas! The preliminary numbers are in and it looks like Black Friday spending was up 3% over last year!Personally I...

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Has the US bank crisis shaken your financial confidence?

sharone74 @sharone74 (4837) • United States 25 Nov 08

What I mean by this is that consumers here in the US are spending less and less money and trying to husband and hoard as much money as they can because of a lack of confidence in our nations financial security. For the last...

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The end of capitalism

grandpa_lash @grandpa_lash (5225) • Australia 14 Nov 08

When I left school nearly 50 years ago, my first two jobs were in the accounts departments of a couple of small, family-owned and run engineering companies. In both of them, there were three generations of several families on the...

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