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Joe · 06-03-2008, 04:51 PM

President Roosevelt felt that unemployment was the greatest threat to democracy - somewhere around 30%, they hypothesized, the peasants get the pitchforks.
Hence, the WPA - a little socialism was better than the collapse of the republic.

06-03-2008, 04:51 PM	#1
Joe Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: May 2001 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 3,650	President Roosevelt felt that unemployment was the greatest threat to democracy - somewhere around 30%, they hypothesized, the peasants get the pitchforks. Hence, the WPA - a little socialism was better than the collapse of the republic.
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