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oscar111 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-28-05 06:50 PM Original message |
1930's Experts: True? -"enough food + money then" |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-28-05 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'll address one thing in particular. |
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Alex146 (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-28-05 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. Uhhh... sounds wrong to me |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-28-05 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. the Dust Bowl |
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left is right (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-28-05 07:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. My dad says they lived one whole winter |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-28-05 08:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. My mother ate oatmeal three times a day |
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converted_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 09:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
29. Exactly the same as my grandfather and great aunts.......... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-28-05 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. My mother |
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oscar111 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-28-05 08:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Bell Curve describes strength in a population |
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benevolent dictator (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-05 02:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. "Your family obviously, lucky to be on the high end." |
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oscar111 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-05 08:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Benevolent, you are right LOL |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-05 06:16 AM Response to Reply #13 |
35. "Poverty, a result of job shortage... is to blame, not laziness." |
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punpirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-28-05 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's pretty tough to find analyses today... |
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oscar111 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-28-05 08:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. punpirate, another great post! PS would you know |
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punpirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-28-05 08:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. There may be some old records... |
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oscar111 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-28-05 08:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Promising leads, Pun. Anyone else have sources? |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-05 07:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Great post punpirate. |
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punpirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-05 03:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Many economists today... |
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teryang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 09:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Great posts |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 06:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
27. Great sketch.... |
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kurtyboy (968 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 01:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
36. One reason America had to wait until 1938... |
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theoldgeezer (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-05-05 05:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
38. I have to point out |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-05-05 07:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
39. Very good summary punpirate. n/t |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-28-05 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. There was food available |
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oscar111 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-28-05 08:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I put cardboard in my hole-y shoes during college. Not the '3O's either |
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oscar111 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-28-05 08:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Warpy, great post. Would you have any source |
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oscar111 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-28-05 09:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Pun - "families thrown out onto the street " in 3O's |
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oscar111 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-05 12:29 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. 100,000 homeless/yr, excess deaths due to hmlessness |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-05 10:42 AM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Unfortunately, it's not that easy |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-05 09:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Minor Correction for Potato Famine |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 09:11 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Correction? I said FOOD. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-05 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
20. Hunger is almost always a matter of political powerlessness. eom |
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oscar111 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-05 08:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. "STruggle", agreed. Irish Potato famine: no shortage then: plenty potatoes |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-05 11:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. HG Wells Outline of History, a good start |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 09:38 AM Response to Reply #22 |
33. It was my understanding that it wasn't so much potatoes |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 07:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. Well, they had plenty of wheat, barley, mutton, lamb |
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Robert Oak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-05 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
24. farmers |
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ArmHayseed (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
28. Money and food supply |
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Robert Oak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
31. Great Depression, very important study |
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theoldgeezer (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-05-05 05:20 AM Response to Original message |
37. My parents lived through it |
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