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VK6BE > FUEL 13.05.08 13:07l 36 Lines 1650 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: Depression & Ghan
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From: VK6BE@VK2TV.#MNC.NSW.AUS.OC
To : FUEL@WW
Gee you're a pessimist Warren.I can't see the same conditions as in the
Great Depression occurring again. I think we have learnt something since
those days. We are much wealthier - nearly all of us, and the welfare
state looks after the unfortunate.You must remember that the Great War of
1914-18
drained the Allies and destroyed Germany economically so that country
cannot be used as a valid exapmle of the sufferings of WW1.We control
inflation which is about 4% here but falling according to a report
tonight.
Budgeted for 3.25% according to the Hon Treasurer.Unemployment in my state
is at an all time low at about 2%.
The railway people did nothing like that here. If they had they would have
been up for assault.It is a serious offence.
Cheers,
Bob VK6BE.
>
> The Great Depression was worldwide, Australia and America weren't the
> only countries where the government put people to work, Germany was
> another notable example. Yes there was hardship, suffering and death but
> no scandal, hard times call for harsh measures if one or a nation is to
> survive. Those were different times and different people with different
> hearts and minds, "better" people with a spirit of cooperation and
> togetherness pretty much absent today. Don't hope against all hope, hard
> times will come again so prepare yourselves in heart and mind to be like
> them pulling together to survive.
> As for hopping trains, the railroad "bulls" really didn't look the other
> way, some did while other sadistic SOBs took advantage of the 'boes
> robbing, beating and throwing them from the trains.
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