When my dad returned from the War he had to beg for a job. The old racist junk that divided Italians, Polish, etc. into their neighborhoods was well entrenched. Dad was Army Airborne, 503rd under MacArthur. He was the first-born US Citizen of his large family. The rest were Naturalized. His last jump was Corregidor, as Sgt he and a PFC under sniper fire put the first US Flag up on a telegraph pole, as a gift for Gen. MacArthur. Corregidor.org has the photo. https://corregidor.proboards.com/thread/503. That job was for Youngstown Sheet and Tube Steel Mill. Where he worked as a boilermaker till the day he fell off a Cat Walk, and broke discs in his neck.
Sure wasn't the Marshall Plan, flooding the USA with cheap Japanese lead-painted toys.
After five years of fighting them, Dad never allowed them in the house.
Not piling on about the “computer” glitch…but I will admit it made my day…otherwise, a well argued contrarian view…because of belief in this myth, we’ve been on a permanent wartime footing ever since…
The one thing I took away from this I thought I’d point out was how the workforce was met by women and retirees who’d much rather be doing something else. No doubt but it was the war effort and the people were going to make that sacrifice for the boys on the front lines. I feel there would still be those who would make that sacrifice but it would sure pale in comparison. Damn shame
Notice the casual (so far!) mentions in certain European nations of shifting to a "war economy" so that more war materiel can be produced for Ukraine. We'll need to reduce civilian consumption for this, of course. And after the war is over (if ever), it will likely be argued yet again that we really DO need to keep it in place, only this time you will be censored if you attempt to argue otherwise.
This time around, however, at least will be able to "eat ze bugs" instead of just rationing sugar, coffee, and meat.
This...: Having her computer seized by the government, and now using a lesser model she acquired from a Howard Johnson “which had to close due to the ban on pleasure driving.” Must have been written by AI. LOL
All I can say is that in an otherwise interesting article (full of 'facts') the mention of a 'computer' was rather somewhat disturbing.
When my dad returned from the War he had to beg for a job. The old racist junk that divided Italians, Polish, etc. into their neighborhoods was well entrenched. Dad was Army Airborne, 503rd under MacArthur. He was the first-born US Citizen of his large family. The rest were Naturalized. His last jump was Corregidor, as Sgt he and a PFC under sniper fire put the first US Flag up on a telegraph pole, as a gift for Gen. MacArthur. Corregidor.org has the photo. https://corregidor.proboards.com/thread/503. That job was for Youngstown Sheet and Tube Steel Mill. Where he worked as a boilermaker till the day he fell off a Cat Walk, and broke discs in his neck.
Sure wasn't the Marshall Plan, flooding the USA with cheap Japanese lead-painted toys.
After five years of fighting them, Dad never allowed them in the house.
Maybe what ended the great depression was American companies selling things to Germany.
Not piling on about the “computer” glitch…but I will admit it made my day…otherwise, a well argued contrarian view…because of belief in this myth, we’ve been on a permanent wartime footing ever since…
The one thing I took away from this I thought I’d point out was how the workforce was met by women and retirees who’d much rather be doing something else. No doubt but it was the war effort and the people were going to make that sacrifice for the boys on the front lines. I feel there would still be those who would make that sacrifice but it would sure pale in comparison. Damn shame
Notice the casual (so far!) mentions in certain European nations of shifting to a "war economy" so that more war materiel can be produced for Ukraine. We'll need to reduce civilian consumption for this, of course. And after the war is over (if ever), it will likely be argued yet again that we really DO need to keep it in place, only this time you will be censored if you attempt to argue otherwise.
This time around, however, at least will be able to "eat ze bugs" instead of just rationing sugar, coffee, and meat.
This...: Having her computer seized by the government, and now using a lesser model she acquired from a Howard Johnson “which had to close due to the ban on pleasure driving.” Must have been written by AI. LOL
computer?
The dummy "economists," failed to recognize the US manufacturing base was intact; opposite was true for most of the world.