Sunday, December 4, 2011

David Grand - Westminster Patch: 'Brother, can you spare a dime?'


Compelling sociological and historical insights into the Great Depression by David Grand in Westminster Patch. Thanks. Kevin Dayhoff




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Blog: 'Brother, can you spare a dime?'

That was the Depression-era anthem for the times. Written in 1932, that song still resonates loud and clear today, especially among those who find themselves, due to no fault of their own, in a daily struggle for mere survival.
And hard as it may be for the approximate 15 million Americans who are unemployed today (not including those working part-time jobs, or who’ve given up looking for jobs), or for the 46.2 million currently living below the official poverty line of $22,314 for a family of four, to imagine that there were even worst times in our nation’s history... http://westminster.patch.com/blog_posts/blog-brother-can-you-spare-a-dime#comments_list

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Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/

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