Pamela rainy kerber teaches a black a class on food during the Great Depression. She describes the ways family tried to stretch their food money and food supply often by gardening, buying cheap ingredients and eating the same thing over and over. Her class is about 50 minutes. Greetings everybody. This afternoon, we are going to be starting our discussion of the Great Depression. What we are going to be doing today is talking about how the Great Depression affected ordinary people. We are going to talk about 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. I dont normally use images like this, but i am using this one for a reason. Grandma survived the Great Depression because her supply chain was local and she knew how to do stuff. That is a really important concept and we will come right back to it at the end of the class as well. This really is sort of the them
Reinnovate the booming economy we had before covid19. He boomiy we had before covid19. To do so we put on this presentation to listen today from United States senators ted cruz and mike lee. Each one has ideas about Regulatory Reform that will kickstart our economy as well as keep it going strong on a longterm basis. I would now like to invite senator cruz and senator lee to join me. Before we start todays discussion, i want to get each senator the opportunity to offer some introductory remarks. Senator cruz, you are up at first. Well good morning. Its a pleasure to join you. Thank you for taking the time to participate. And paul, its good to see you. Mica, its good to see you and what a testament to the wonders of technology that were able to have an intimate conversation thousands of miles apart, and im pretty sure that through the electrons this qualifies as social distancing. You know, the fact that were able to do this so seamlessly, so effortlessly is really a testament to the op
To be a coordinated e. U. Wide response but it really has been anything but to be honest because what weve seen is Different Countries really opening their borders at different paces for example than i did. Border checks for you citizens traveling into the country however some borders are closed for example the border between france and spain that is because spain has decided it doesnt want to reopen its border until at least june the 21st it could be somewhat later than that well the french president addressed the nation and the french people on sunday night saying that it was very important that people in europe began to feel more comfortable enough that they can travel around but he said of course the virus is still very much among us however the french president said that france is now in a socalled green zone and what that means is that the risk of infections is no the government says it is more or less on to control him so no restrictions have lifted so for example here in paris
Unemployment and poverty that it could cause. To stave off those avoidable deaths, America Needs to rein reinervate the economy. And were listening to ted cruz and mike lee. Each has proposals that could kick start our economy and keep it going strong on a longterm bas bases. I would now like to invite senator cruz and senator lee to join me. Before we start todays discussion. I want to give each senator to offer some introductory remarks. Senator cruz youre up at bat first. Good morning, its a pleasure to join you. Thank you for taking the time to participate and, paula, good to see you and mike, its good to see you and what a testament to the wonders of technology that were able to have an intimate conversation thousands of miles apart and im pretty sure that through the el electrons, this is qualifies as social distancing. The fact that were able to do this so easily is a testament to the opportunities that have been presented by this enormous crisis. As a nation, were facing two si
Plunges and a financial panic gripped the world. This land is your land this land is my land from california to the New York Island i have but one desire, and that is to see my country again on the road to prosperity. This land was made for you and me let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. By the time Franklin Roosevelt gives his march 1933 inaugural speech, almost a quarter of the nation is unemployed. More than 5,000 banks have failed and drought is persisting in key agricultural areas of the country. Coming up in the next hour, stories from the Great Depression as we take you around the country to places like toledo. And then in 1931, five of the six largest banks in toledo all failed at the same time, which made it the largest banking failure of the Great Depression. Two successful Infrastructure Projects of the time still impacting us today. And to one ending in tragedy. Well take you to saint paul where depression gangsters and the corrup