Quote Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker View Post
Personally, I loved the bit about, "the worst years of the great depression". Let's see, things have sucked for several years now, but the planets come along and make it, "slightly worse". He didn't even pick the most momentous piece of the peculiar piece that he did pick.
Sorry, but the worst years of the Great Depression were 1931 and 1932. Ask an AI, and stop lying. In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal came along, and it started to spread...

Claude AI:
The worst years of the Great Depression were 1931 and 1932.
During these years:

Unemployment in the United States peaked, reaching nearly 25% in 1933.
Industrial production fell to its lowest level.
Thousands of banks failed.
GDP contracted dramatically.

1932 was particularly devastating, with the banking crisis at its worst. By early 1933, the economic system had virtually shut down, just before Franklin D. Roosevelt took office and implemented the New Deal. Although the crisis began with the stock market crash in October 1929, the most severe effects were felt during the years you mention.

The worst moments were 1932 and the first months of 1933:

1932: It was the most devastating year, with unemployment skyrocketing and the banking crisis at its peak.
Early 1933 (January-March): The situation hit rock bottom just before Roosevelt took office.

Roosevelt took office on March 4, 1933, and immediately launched the New Deal with his famous "First 100 Days," which included:

The Bank Holiday
The Emergency Banking Act
Employment programs like the CCC
Other economic relief measures

So yes, by March 1933, the gradual recovery thanks to the New Deal had already begun, although the full effects took years to materialize.
Little liar, eh, calm down, I understand your fanatical mind that even has to lie to maintain your beliefs...