by the wpa and salmon swimming pools built by the wpa, sallai knew there was an impulse to remember, but nobody had ever put it all together before, and i think that we remember not only the physical and cultural profligacy of the wpa but as a time when the government was a more responsive entities to people's needs. wally it's not a model for today' welfare to work programs, i think that as i said before, the -- you know, the lack of the political unanimity that bedevils our system today. is that it? i want to thank you for coming and i want to thank you all for letting me to share my thoughts and glove for the subject and thank you all for being with me here tonight at a barnes and noble. [applause] years ago when she was at one of her yearly garden parties at buckingham palace making her way through the crowd of 9,000 people and grading a selection of guests, she was asking such standard questions of what have you come far? when one woman looked at her and said what do you do? with several days later at a friend's birthday party the queen will confess to i have no idea what to say

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if you look at all the state programs over time, like the wpa, the manhattan project and the marshall plan to rebuild europe after world war ii, the stimulus is bigger than all of these things. when this all started, this really felt like the new deal of the 21st century. there was a lot of anticipation, i think, among reporters and the republic, at a time when we were losing 700,000 jobs a month -- we had a new president, come in and bring a soap to the country. we have just seen the bailouts of the banks, which had angered a lot of people. the stimulus was coming along, this would be something to create jobs and help ordinary folks make ends meet after they had been hurt by the recession. three years later, most of the money is spent. the unemployment rate has been coming down somewhat in recent months to 8.3%. for most of the last two years, we saw 9% unemployment. i am very pleased to be here to delve more into this issue. it has become an obsession in my life. it is rare to be able to say that. let me start with jared to explain the theory behind the stimulus, what were the goals

it's a community needs help, it's going to sing in the wpa, going to send in the ccc. so they were crucial in rescuing people, getting them out of their homes, saving their possessions. there was a new deal agency called the resettlement administration, which cared for livestock, which had been just wiped out. otherwise, so they did an extraordinary job of relief. they also did an excellent job of letting the red cross do its work of running, refugee camps, caring for refugees. roosevelt was active in helping the red cross raise money for the crisis. so during the flood itself, it was an exceptional response. the interesting thing if you think about comparing 1937 to disasters today, no one was saying why hasn't franklin roosevelt come to see us in the flood zone? there was no expectation of a federal visit. i think about hurricane katrina and how much trouble george bush got in for just flying over the area instead of actually being on the ground. nobody expected roosevelt to come see the flood victims. but on the whole, washington did an extra good job during the flo

if a community needs how come he will send the wpa's and they're absolutely crucial rescuing people gettingut of their homes they are the resettlement they did an extraordinary job of relief in letting the red cross to us were and running refugee camps in caring for refugees. roosevelt was active in helping the red cross raised money for the crisis. so during the flood of self, is an exceptional response. the interesting thing if you think about comparing to disasters today, no one was saying why hasn't franklin roosevelt from bcs is not the patient of the federal visit how much trouble church rush garments were just flying over the areas that have actually been on the ground. unexpected roosevelt to come see the flood the dems. but omaha, washington, washington did an extraordinary job. it's really hard to determine total damage is immense and to convert it into today's dollars. it would run into the billions by 1937 standards. there are times that were completely wiped out they never came back. rural areas were devastated. drinking water supplies were poised and. utility companies were pu

he would never say wpa, but i think that's what they're thinking.et's get construction people back to work. right now unemployment is 17% in that sector. let's build roads and bridges. their argument is it's not fiscals s oausterity to put ofk you need for maintenance. you might cancel your nfl sunday package but you repair that leak in the basement otherwise it will cost you more. >> i'm never going do cancel my nfl sunday package. where are we in the housing market? >> it's ugly. that's one of the biggest drags on the economy. normally in a recovery, housing actually picks up and helps us get out of the basement. so, about one in five dollars are normally spent on building and construction and buying new houses. right now it's actually negative. so, it's pulling us back. i don't see any way out of this problem any time soon because you've got all the shadow inventory, the banks are sitting on houses they've foreclosed on. those will be entering the market and keeping the demand down. >> jack otter, thanks very much. >>> thanks, jeff. in the race f

they predicted without massive government programs of the new wpa, programs to build roads, new programs to train people without these programs roosevelt wanted to build like the tennessee valley authority others all around the country other types of public works programs, other types of building the public works very much in truman's mind and unless these happen they predicted listen we've got 12 million veterans coming home, senator kilgore of west virginia as i predict 18 million unemployed, to be worse than the great depression, worse than the 25% when roosevelt came to office. time magazine. others estimated may be just ten or 12 million unemployed. that will still put it at about 20%. predictions are very high and unemployment. what do we get? to senators, republican and one democrat saying no. the chairman of the senate finance committee senator walter george of georgia said he supported a revenue act of 1945 which cut the tax rates and i will get into that in a minute but he said this revenue has the effect which it is hoped it would had it would stimulate the expansion of busine

they predicted without massive government programs of the new wpa, programs to build roads, new programs to train people without these programs roosevelt wanted to build like the tennessee valley authority others all around the country other types of public works programs, other types of building the public works very much in truman's mind and unless these happen they predicted listen we've got 12 million veterans coming home, senator kilgore of west virginia as i predict 18 million unemployed, to be worse than the great depression, worse than the 25% when roosevelt came to office. time magazine. others estimated may be just ten or 12 million unemployed. that will still put it at about 20%. predictions are very high and unemployment. what do we get? to senators, republican and one democrat saying no. the chairman of the senate finance committee senator walter george of georgia said he supported a revenue act of 1945 which cut the tax rates and i will get into that in a minute but he said this revenue has the effect which it is hoped it would had it would stimulate the expansion of busine