Sunday, March 8, 2009

Bread lines starting: Beginning of the Depression

Bread Lines Seen in
California
Created On: Saturday, 07 Mar 2009, 1:33 PM EST

By ANTHONY BARTKEWICZ, MyFox National
- Many say a depression doesn't have to be great, that the economy can sink into a milder depression. The Salvation Army says it's happening now, and in San Diego County, people are standing in line outside a Salvation Army waiting for donated bread.

Salvation Army director of communications Suzi Woodruff Lacey said they are seeing people from all walks of life: "white collar, blue collar, people who have lost their jobs, people who are in danger of losing their homes."

Bread lines were regularly seen in the 1930s during the Great Depression, when unemployment peaked at more than 25 percent and the stock market lost 90 percent of its value. Today, California's unemployment rate hit 8.4 percent.

7 comments:

  1. as goes california Goes THE NATION.

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  2. Then I hope Kalifornia breaks off and floats into the Pacific

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  3. Leave it to Fox news to compare nine seniors picking up free bread with the bread lines of the nineteen thirties. The fast food ad at the beginning of the clip pretty much sums it up.

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  5. brother can u spare a dime

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  6. To Anonymous, dated March 8 2009. You always post"brother can u spare a dime." Is this the best you can do? It is quit old now!

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  7. You're a ray of sunshine - how about 'brother can you spare a nickel?'

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