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inanna

(3,547 posts) Sun Jun 5, 2016, 07:16 PM Jun 2016

"A lot of them didn't really have a destination...

They were just trying to get away from where they were."

Robert Mitchum talks about riding the freight trains during the Great Depression at 17:47.

Excellent documentary.

The Century: America's TIme - 1929-1936: Stormy Weather

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"A lot of them didn't really have a destination... (Original Post) inanna Jun 2016 OP

"No work, no food, no hope around here, maybe there's some of at least one of them Warpy Jun 2016 #1

If it weren't for Social Security we would be there now. Downwinder Jun 2016 #2

Many Young People Are Doing this Today McKim Jun 2016 #3

Warpy

(111,249 posts)

1. "No work, no food, no hope around here, maybe there's some of at least one of them

Reply to inanna (Original post)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 07:32 PM

Jun 2016

wherever this train might be headed."

It wasn't just free transportation. It was basic survival.

Downwinder

(12,869 posts)

2. If it weren't for Social Security we would be there now.

Reply to Warpy (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 09:47 PM

Jun 2016

The Economic Stimulus showed Social Security was the best way to inject money into the economy.

McKim

(2,412 posts)

3. Many Young People Are Doing this Today

Reply to inanna (Original post)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 11:41 PM

Jun 2016

I see a lot of young people who look a lot like the traditional railroad "tramps" of the 1930s. I live near a rail yard and there are a lot of young people riding around on the rails and camping out. Shades of the 1930s. Time for the second coming of Roosevelt. That is Sanders!

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