Jan 4, 2010

To Kill a Mockingbird | Compare and Contrast

1930s: During the Great Depression unemployment rose as high as 25%; the New Deal program of government-sponsored relief leads to a deficit in the federal budget.

1960: After a decade of record-high American production and exports, unemployment dips to less than 5 percent, while the federal government runs a small surplus.

Today: Unemployment runs between 5 and 6 percent, while the federal government works to reduce a multi-billion dollar deficit...