In 1933 when Roosevelt took office the official unemployment rate was 25%, when then President Roosevelt started the Civilian Conservation Corp, it was being called by the right, a communistic endeavor. 200 men living in camps, in each state with the job of replanting trees and restoring the earth after years of logging and dam building caused massive erosion of thousands upon thousands of miles of land in the country by the major corporations of that time.Prior to the idea of government intervention in 1933 the standard was each family would have to take care of them selves no matter what, your on your own. The C.C.C. was the start of the environmental movement in this country.
The arguments against this type of government assistance from the republican party was higher taxes, increased national dept and people becoming depended on government assistance. The fact is Roosevelt provided a man the chance to work and provide for his family without begging on the streets. No more, brother can you spare a dime.
The most devastated areas from the years of depletion were southern and mid-western states. Texas was in ruins because of the previous republican policies, but this was one of the first states that received assistance. What people forget is that the C.C.C. workers also help put out fires in the wild, when fire fighters were battling forest fires and needed help it was the C.C.C. that came in and helped out, and because the population of the country in 1933 was about 10% black it was mandated that the C.C.C. be 10% black as well which was unheard of in 1933, yes the blacks were housed in separate tents but the country in 1933 was still polarized about race, not like today right, most whites just refused to live with blacks.
There were vocational classes you could take while living that six months in the C.C.C. camp, typing, plumbing, electrical training, trades that were popular in 1933. The men received $30 a month and $25 automatically went home to their families, which in turn was spent on items in that home town and directly stimulated the nations economy.
Roosevelt won re-election wining with the biggest victory since our first President, George Washington, winning every state except two, Maine and Vermont.
Democratic policies saved this country from a second civil war, before Roosevelt this country was on the brink of self destruction. Today the national parks, hiking trails, ski slopes that U.S. Citizens enjoy were more then likely cut by the C.C.C. Black, White, Latino all worked side by side, the only thing they all knew was that they were all poor and needed a job.
The C.C.C. schooled a many men on how to follow orders, complete a task you were assigned, work with people with different color skin. Many places you visit for recreation today, camping grounds you go to with your family are there because of the C.C.C.
The big government argument going on in Washington D.C., the House of Congress, and the Senate isn't new, it's as old as the delegation of freedom that was shouted in 1776.
Development of our natural resources, and the conservation of the earth is something that has to be worked out for the people, by the people.
Jobs are important, but so aren't trees.
The arguments against this type of government assistance from the republican party was higher taxes, increased national dept and people becoming depended on government assistance. The fact is Roosevelt provided a man the chance to work and provide for his family without begging on the streets. No more, brother can you spare a dime.
The most devastated areas from the years of depletion were southern and mid-western states. Texas was in ruins because of the previous republican policies, but this was one of the first states that received assistance. What people forget is that the C.C.C. workers also help put out fires in the wild, when fire fighters were battling forest fires and needed help it was the C.C.C. that came in and helped out, and because the population of the country in 1933 was about 10% black it was mandated that the C.C.C. be 10% black as well which was unheard of in 1933, yes the blacks were housed in separate tents but the country in 1933 was still polarized about race, not like today right, most whites just refused to live with blacks.
There were vocational classes you could take while living that six months in the C.C.C. camp, typing, plumbing, electrical training, trades that were popular in 1933. The men received $30 a month and $25 automatically went home to their families, which in turn was spent on items in that home town and directly stimulated the nations economy.
Roosevelt won re-election wining with the biggest victory since our first President, George Washington, winning every state except two, Maine and Vermont.
Democratic policies saved this country from a second civil war, before Roosevelt this country was on the brink of self destruction. Today the national parks, hiking trails, ski slopes that U.S. Citizens enjoy were more then likely cut by the C.C.C. Black, White, Latino all worked side by side, the only thing they all knew was that they were all poor and needed a job.
The C.C.C. schooled a many men on how to follow orders, complete a task you were assigned, work with people with different color skin. Many places you visit for recreation today, camping grounds you go to with your family are there because of the C.C.C.
The big government argument going on in Washington D.C., the House of Congress, and the Senate isn't new, it's as old as the delegation of freedom that was shouted in 1776.
Development of our natural resources, and the conservation of the earth is something that has to be worked out for the people, by the people.
Jobs are important, but so aren't trees.
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