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There are things NOW that weren't around during the Great Depression. I *think* (playing Monday Morning Financial Analyst here) that this is the reason people don't 'perceive' how bad things really are.

The safety net (not perfect but something) was put in place by Roosevelt in those Depression years and OTHER items he laid the ground work for (think LBJ's Great Society).

It's those things - those so-called entitlements that Republicans bitch and moan about. But if we did not have them - I do think we'd have a lot more 'Shanty Towns' (they do exist in these times but they don't get media play) and a lot more 'bread lines' (Angel Food ministries is at capacity in my area to get people who need inexpensive food food).

I volunteer at two food banks in NJ whenever my fiance and I can. I started this in 2008. I'm telling you - the lines have not let up. The clients have not let up. It's bad here - whether Good Guv'nah Doughboy wants to acknowledge it or not. Now if a relatively affluent state is in trouble - how are things REALLY in Michigan. What is the media NOT showing us about how people have to struggle?

And I thank you for this thread. ;-)