Sunday, April 7, 2013

10 Ways the WPA Helped (or is still helping) the American Economy

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( See pictures below! Click on images to enlarge. ) Except for one year, American Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased—usually signific...
Saturday, April 6, 2013

Joblessness rising, joblessness everywhere...and 21-32 trillion dollars hidden in tax-evading bank accounts

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( Image is in the public domain, courtesy of Barts.com. Retrieved from the article "7.7% unemployment inaccurately depicts real jobl...
Thursday, April 4, 2013

The CCC Strengthened America's Defenses

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( WPA poster, image courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ) "During the war, the (CCC) boys had a ...
Tuesday, April 2, 2013

The CCC Helped People Find Jobs

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( CCC badge. Image courtesy of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources )  "I came home in 1934, after 13 months in the CCC,...
Monday, April 1, 2013

The CCC Shaped Lives

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( Commemorative postal stamp ) "We had no money. My father worked in a foundry. My $25 came home and paid the rent. It was a goo...
Friday, March 29, 2013

The CCC Built Men

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( WPA poster, courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ) Manuel Gomez of Vermont described his experience in...
Thursday, March 28, 2013

Infrastructure Report Card: Public Parks and Recreation: "C-"

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( WPA poster, courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ) In their 2013 Infrastructure Report Card , the Am...