In the years following the Great Depreesion, Franklin Roosevelt sought to soothe a weary and disillusioned American pulic with his "Fireside Chats." In tihis 1935 film clip, enhanced for YouTube viewers by Rockport Restoration Studios, FDR reminds us that history can repeat itself.
@redreaper2020
Not really. During the Great depression the share of wealth owned by the top one percent of the nation grew from 30% to 33%. It's always been this way.
wraithsrock5 4 days ago
@COMMUNISTPHILOSOPHY lets admired we like him because he was such a left wing
NewSoviet507 1 week ago
@s9z9s Yeah so much for the 35 years of economic expansion that those programs spawned while paying down the nations debt.....what horrible policies the Eccles came up with that allowed for a vibrant middle class that consumed good and services that kept the economy chugging along.
farmhousenewbie 1 week ago
@s9z9s the economy collapsed in both occasions from overspeculation and rampant shortterm profit chasing rather than focusing on longevity.
redreaper2020 3 weeks ago
@redreaper2020
What stupidity? Most economists agree that it was the Federal Reserve and/or government intervention, and raised tariffs and taxes that dragged out the recovery.
s9z9s 3 weeks ago
In 1929, the rich got pwnt for their own stupidity. In 2008, they just got richer.
Ugh. It makes me sick.
redreaper2020 2 months ago
we need him back..... =/
corinthian313 2 months ago
best President of the USA
COMMUNISTPHILOSOPHY 1 year ago