This afternoon, we are going to be starting our discussion of the Great Depression and what were going to be doing today is talking about how the Great Depression affected ordinary people. Were going to talk about sort of the nuts and bolts of the situation and the things that people would have experienced in their everyday lives if they were seriously affected by the problems of that decade. Now, i dont normally use images like this, but im using this one for a reason. Grandma survived the Great Depression because her supply chain was local and she knew how to do stuff. Thats a really important concept, and were going to come right back to it at the end of class as well. This really is sort of the theme for the day. Now, in terms of what were going to be talking about, were going to start with an overview of what the problems of the Great Depression were for ordinary people. Sort of the depths of the problem. Well talk about how families tried to cope in terms of their work strategies
Unified the American People because he spent his life fighting for us and as president , hell build an america that lives to our ideals, honored to join him as our partys nominee for Vice President and do what it takes to make him our commander in chief. Joining us to talk the historic pick are harina krushan and cooper tebow, political strategist. I want to start with your reaction to Kamala Harris being named vp. You were an original member of the kamala Supporters Group known as the khive. Captured by your daughter when she told you the big. What are you up to . Kamala harris is the vp nom. I could just watch that all day. Because that was so real, so raw, so emotional. Why was it so incredibly meaningful and emotional for you . As a woman of color, indian american, south asian woman, i felt seen and heard. Her selection as Vice President is historic because there are women around the country that finally feel like they have a seat at the table. This is a truly historic day. This is
It was. What we are politics and 71 . I think a martian left would be the easiest way to sum it up. I was a leftwinger but it didnt make sense to be a communist. Went to the transformational kerr . It was gradual. It took place, in fact i just wrote about this. There is a book coming out from the Hoover Institute of why i turned right and its a story of a bunch of us. And it is a long story and i wont tell you but i will give the short version. I was a radical leftist in a search of marxist socialist thing in america and i got a job i got a job paying 150 a week. I was the messenger in new york. That was a lot of money as far as i was concerned. I was very broke and i was paid every two weeks. I was really looking forward to that 300 and so was my landlord. And my drug dealer. [laughter] and other people. I got my first paycheck it was 178. It was supposed to be 300 but after taxes and Social Security and Health Care Retirement fund i said wait. I have been advocating socialism marxism
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