On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "What is your plan to deal with the have nots and the vulnerable in > America?" > > Now that is a powerful question. > > What did our founding fathers do with the have nots and vulnerable in > America?
They were mostly cared for on an ad-hoc basis in local charities and poor houses. However, most of the country lived in a rural area and was able to gain some sort of sustaining livelihood from farming/fishing/etc. The economics of the time were completely different than now. There really wasn't much of a middle class prior to the Industrial Revolution. > What did our country do with the have nots and vulnerable before Lyndon B > Johnson? Well, in the Great Depression, a lot of people just died. Then, obviously, there was the New Deal, the Civilian Conservation Corps, etc. WWII and it's aftermath substantially changed our population demographics and our economy. We started urban renewal in the late 40s and changed the makeup of the population of our cities and suburbs substantially. The creation of public housing in the process did provide housing for many of the poor but also contributed to long term problems for many of the neighborhoods as well, especially when dealing with minority population centers. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:322580 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
