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Wednesday, April 2, 2008 12:00 AM

The Great Depression: The sequel

Is it coming to a soup kitchen near you? Here's how we'll know if the current recession is turning into something much worse.
By Andrew Leonard

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  • Thursday, April 3, 2008 01:18 AM

    @DurianJoe

    >Let's hope President Obama knows his history of the Great Depression, or has sound advisors who do.<

    Werd--and that they can outwit/discredit the right-wing Wurlitzer who will be screaming from the rafters about "socialism." (It's the '00 version of calling him a "traitor to his class" and all. :)) Those New Deal programs worked and put people to work--and if not for them, this country would have faced armed revolution back in the '30s.

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