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What happened during the Great Depression?

By Kevisaurus is a Carnotaurus today Asked May 1 2007 9:18PM
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by Saltlick on Jan 25, 2008 at 10:47 am Permalink

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2/3 of the workers were doing ALL the work and were working for peanuts while the other 1/3 was unemployed.

Basically a lot of mistakes were made like increasing production because supply exceeded demand and prices were dropping. Companies were going out of business when a huge underclass wasn't buying. The government was clueless what to do. Most importantly there was no minimum wage law, which is the solution.

The Industrial Revolution was still new and society just didn't yet know how to work it well.
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Avatar Saltlick Jan, 26 2008 at 12:28 AM
It's purely an economics issue. Mankind's existence is a much broader field than that.
Avatar Kevisaurus is a Carnotaurus today Jan, 26 2008 at 08:46 PM
It's especially kinder for men when there are lots of broads around.
That's an economical existence too, in a financial kind of way.
Avatar Saltlick Jan, 26 2008 at 11:09 PM
Lol

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by MG1942 Has a Life Penguin on May 1, 2007 at 11:42 pm Permalink

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The scientists started working on Prozac:-)
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Avatar Kevisaurus is a Carnotaurus today May, 01 2007 at 11:47 PM
It seems that these antipsychotic drugs inhibit repetitive thoughts that can spark depression because the same disturbing thoughts get repeated.
Avatar MG1942 Has a Life Penguin May, 02 2007 at 12:01 AM
Yea. Now I'm depressed.:(~
Avatar Kevisaurus is a Carnotaurus today May, 02 2007 at 12:24 AM
You need some Zoloft Zoloft Zoloft Zoloft Zoloft Zoloft Zoloft Zoloft Zoloft Zoloft Zoloft Zoloft Zoloft Zoloft Zoloft.
not as bad.
I'm good at the mind F***

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by BayAreaBiker on Jan 30, 2009 at 2:18 am Permalink

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Pretty much what is happening now. People losing jobs, homes, stores going bankrupt, and relying on government programs just to survive.
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by steveisiew on Sep 27, 2008 at 12:59 pm Permalink

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Watch the Video by googling the word "Money Masters" and watch the first video on the list. The federal Reserve, the world bank and the IMF are evil banks.

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by jin jang on Jan 25, 2008 at 10:34 am Permalink

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The dollar value collapsed,the housing prices dropped substantially,there was a run on the banks which had to close down.The stock market went down then there was panic and massive selling of stocks that lead to it's collapse.Middle class society was in peril,and many lost everything.There was few social programs that could help the massive unemployment and food lines were needed to feed the poor.It was the time of the "dust bowl" and a drought causing farmers to loose everything.The few that could hold on,and the rich profited from the depression for they could by property and goods at 10 cents on the dollar.
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by chaco on Jan 25, 2008 at 8:58 am Permalink

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people were depressed because of the bad economy
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by Little Bo Peep on Jan 25, 2008 at 6:23 am Permalink

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Base jumping was invented. Lots of weeping. Seriously, people were starving and homeless by the thousands.

Sadly, I think we might get to see it in the next decade or so.
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by dawehrfgsdfa on Jan 25, 2008 at 6:21 am Permalink

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What do mean by nothing?


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