Just to clarify a few things for a Stone Harbor spouter: The Gre

Avalon - Just to clarify a few things for a Stone Harbor spouter: The Great Depression was not in the 30's and 40's, but actually culminated with the 1929 stock market crash and many associated bank failures. Recovery was well under way when the 1937 recession hit, but war spending soon stabilized the economy. Social security is a retirement program and did nothing to actually ameliorate the actual Depression, and there was no mortgage forgiveness; thousands lost homes. The New Deal was based on increased government spending, public works and bolstering unions and wages.