Exactly how did US roads and bridges build the first auto?

[onecut39]

the TVA was created and added tons of jobs as well as many other projects under FDR

The TVA and other projects transformed the south from a flood ravaged pit of poverty and despair into a pretty nice place to live, and these hillbillies think the government never did anything worth a crap, My parents saw their sharecropper families get the first decent paychecks a southern man ever received thanks to FDR.

You should get to know black_label, for he too is a self-righteous, condescending prick.

How about that. A FIVE LETTER cuss word. That is an educated Republican!

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

the TVA was created and added tons of jobs as well as many other projects under FDR

I hear he also invented the McNugget which still today provides fine eating to culinary challenged!

educate yourself soggy...pretty please...

the New Deal ring a bell?

1. CCC - Civilian Conservation Corps

The Civilian Conservation Corps was created in 1933 by Franklin D. Roosevelt to combat unemployment. This work relief program had the desired effect and provided jobs for many Americans during the Great Depression. The CCC was responsible for building many public works and created structures and trails in parks across the nation.

2. CWA - Civil Works Administration

The Civil Works Administration was created in 1933 to create jobs for the unemployed. Its focus on high paying jobs in the construction arena resulted in a much greater expense to the federal government than originally anticipated. The CWA ended in 1934 in large part due to opposition to its cost.
3. FHA - Federal Housing Administration

The Federal Housing Administration was a government agency created to combat the housing crisis of the Great Depression. The large number of unemployed workers combined with the banking crisis created a situation in which banks recalled loans. The FHA was designed to regulate mortgages and housing conditions.
4. FSA - Federal Security Agency

The Federal Security Agency established in 1939 had the responsibility for several important government entities. Until it was abolished in 1953, it administered social security, federal education funding, and food and drug safety.
5. HOLC - Home Owner's Loan Corporation

The Home Owner's Loan Corporation was created in 1933 to assist in the refinancing of homes. The housing crisis created a great many foreclosures, and Franklin Roosevelt hoped this new agency would stem the tide. In fact, between 1933 and 1935 one million people received long term loans through the agency that saved their homes from foreclosure.
6. NRA - National Recovery Act

The National Recovery Act was designed to bring the interests of working class Americans and business together. Through hearings and government intervention the hope was to balance the needs of all involved in the economy. However, the NRA was declared unconstitutional in the landmark Supreme Court case Schechter Poultry Corp. v. US. The Supreme Court ruled that the NRA violated the separation of powers.
7. PWA - Public Works Administration

The Public Works Administration was a program created to provide economic stimulus and jobs during the Great Depression. The PWA was designed to create public works and continued until the US ramped up wartime production for World War II. It ended in 1941.
8. SSA - Social Security Act

The Social Security Act was designed to combat the widespread poverty among senior citizens. The government program provided income to retired wage earners. The program has become one of the most popular government programs and is funded by current wage earners and their employers. However, in recent years concerns have arisen about the viability of continuing to fund the program as the Baby Boom generation reaches retirement age.
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9. TVA - Tennessee Valley Authority

The Tennessee Valley Authority was established in 1933 to develop the economy in the Tennessee Valley region which had been hit extremely hard by the Great Depression. The TVA was and is a federally owned corporation that works in this region to this day. It is the largest public provider of electricity in the United States.
10. WPA - Works Progress Administration

The Works Progress Administration was created in 1935. As the largest New Deal Agency, the WPA impacted millions of Americans. It provided jobs across the nation. Because of it, numerous roads, buildings, and other projects were completed. It was renamed the Works Projects Administration in 1939. It officially ended in 1943.

Top 10 New Deal Programs

I've heard of the New Deal... the granddaddy of Progressive nanny programs. Yet, at the end of the day they were all temporary make-work jobs and unemployment still remained high, taxes were raised yet most people couldn't pay them and it wasn't until our entry into WW II that the depression ended.

 

[Care4all]

I hear he also invented the McNugget which still today provides fine eating to culinary challenged!

educate yourself soggy...pretty please...

the New Deal ring a bell?

1. CCC - Civilian Conservation Corps

The Civilian Conservation Corps was created in 1933 by Franklin D. Roosevelt to combat unemployment. This work relief program had the desired effect and provided jobs for many Americans during the Great Depression. The CCC was responsible for building many public works and created structures and trails in parks across the nation.

2. CWA - Civil Works Administration

The Civil Works Administration was created in 1933 to create jobs for the unemployed. Its focus on high paying jobs in the construction arena resulted in a much greater expense to the federal government than originally anticipated. The CWA ended in 1934 in large part due to opposition to its cost.
3. FHA - Federal Housing Administration

The Federal Housing Administration was a government agency created to combat the housing crisis of the Great Depression. The large number of unemployed workers combined with the banking crisis created a situation in which banks recalled loans. The FHA was designed to regulate mortgages and housing conditions.
4. FSA - Federal Security Agency

The Federal Security Agency established in 1939 had the responsibility for several important government entities. Until it was abolished in 1953, it administered social security, federal education funding, and food and drug safety.
5. HOLC - Home Owner's Loan Corporation

The Home Owner's Loan Corporation was created in 1933 to assist in the refinancing of homes. The housing crisis created a great many foreclosures, and Franklin Roosevelt hoped this new agency would stem the tide. In fact, between 1933 and 1935 one million people received long term loans through the agency that saved their homes from foreclosure.
6. NRA - National Recovery Act

The National Recovery Act was designed to bring the interests of working class Americans and business together. Through hearings and government intervention the hope was to balance the needs of all involved in the economy. However, the NRA was declared unconstitutional in the landmark Supreme Court case Schechter Poultry Corp. v. US. The Supreme Court ruled that the NRA violated the separation of powers.
7. PWA - Public Works Administration

The Public Works Administration was a program created to provide economic stimulus and jobs during the Great Depression. The PWA was designed to create public works and continued until the US ramped up wartime production for World War II. It ended in 1941.
8. SSA - Social Security Act

The Social Security Act was designed to combat the widespread poverty among senior citizens. The government program provided income to retired wage earners. The program has become one of the most popular government programs and is funded by current wage earners and their employers. However, in recent years concerns have arisen about the viability of continuing to fund the program as the Baby Boom generation reaches retirement age.
Ads

9. TVA - Tennessee Valley Authority

The Tennessee Valley Authority was established in 1933 to develop the economy in the Tennessee Valley region which had been hit extremely hard by the Great Depression. The TVA was and is a federally owned corporation that works in this region to this day. It is the largest public provider of electricity in the United States.
10. WPA - Works Progress Administration

The Works Progress Administration was created in 1935. As the largest New Deal Agency, the WPA impacted millions of Americans. It provided jobs across the nation. Because of it, numerous roads, buildings, and other projects were completed. It was renamed the Works Projects Administration in 1939. It officially ended in 1943.

Top 10 New Deal Programs

I've heard of the New Deal... the granddaddy of Progressive nanny programs. Yet, at the end of the day they were all temporary make-work jobs and unemployment still remained high, taxes were raised yet most people couldn't pay them and it wasn't until our entry into WW II that the depression ended.

I'm not denying that ww2 brought an end to the depression, but that does not mean that FDR did not do wonders in creating jobs so people could feed themselves with the New Deal...to deny that is just plain silly....

 

[edthecynic]

Chicken and egg argument? How did the first villages and towns develop if man is an individual and needs no one else to prosper?

Still waiting for the CON$ to check with Heritage to get an answer to this one.

 

[NYcarbineer]

An automobile is of no practical use without roads and bridges.

 

[onecut39]

Bullshit. FDR had ZERO to do with it.

Google "Hoover dam" then come back when you have even a pinch of a clue to what you are talking about

Hey, dumbfuck, the Hoover Dam was started under Herbert Hoover..... that's why it isn't called the Roosevelt Dam.

Jesus, Joseph and Mary...

Why are you not ashamed to show your face in public. Most eighth graders know about Hoover Dam and the fact that it was originally called Boulder Dam.

"In 1930, construction began on the Hoover Dam, the largest of its kind at the time. Despite the remote location and harsh working conditions, it was completed in less than five years -- two years ahead of schedule -- and well under budget"

History would appear not to be a Republican strong point.

 

[uscitizen]

In the 1920's roads and bridges were ubiquitous. Every country had roads and/or bridges and the vast majority of truly great civilizations had both roads and bridges.

Somehow, and just in the USA, roads and bridges were responsible for the development of the automobile.

Can someone switch on their Obama Context Filter and walk us through how roads and bridges in the USA were responsible for the development of the automobile?

You seem to be just a bit more insane today than usual.
Any particular reason for this?

 

[onecut39]

Google "Hoover dam" then come back when you have even a pinch of a clue to what you are talking about

Hey, dumbfuck, the Hoover Dam was started under Herbert Hoover..... that's why it isn't called the Roosevelt Dam.

Jesus, Joseph and Mary...

Why are you not ashamed to show your face in public. Most eighth graders know about Hoover Dam and the fact that it was originally called Boulder Dam.

"In 1930, construction began on the Hoover Dam, the largest of its kind at the time. Despite the remote location and harsh working conditions, it was completed in less than five years -- two years ahead of schedule -- and well under budget"

History would appear not to be a Republican strong point.

Oh lord, really put my foot in that one. Wrong about the president but I was right about the name.

Faint praise. You have my apologies.

 

[Care4all]

In the 1920's roads and bridges were ubiquitous. Every country had roads and/or bridges and the vast majority of truly great civilizations had both roads and bridges.

Somehow, and just in the USA, roads and bridges were responsible for the development of the automobile.

Can someone switch on their Obama Context Filter and walk us through how roads and bridges in the USA were responsible for the development of the automobile?

You seem to be just a bit more insane today than usual.
Any particular reason for this?

i asked the same question..."what is this about Frank and can you give us a link?"

 

[uscitizen]

In the 1920's roads and bridges were ubiquitous. Every country had roads and/or bridges and the vast majority of truly great civilizations had both roads and bridges.

Somehow, and just in the USA, roads and bridges were responsible for the development of the automobile.

Can someone switch on their Obama Context Filter and walk us through how roads and bridges in the USA were responsible for the development of the automobile?

You seem to be just a bit more insane today than usual.
Any particular reason for this?

i asked the same question..."what is this about Frank and can you give us a link?"

Taking franks post as face value bridges and roads did greatly impact the DEVELOPMENT of the sutomobile. Not the invention of but the development of.

Without roads and bridges autos would be greatly different today. All 4wd trucky kinds of things like a farm vehicle.
Vehicles that would likely not go over 30 mph or so, etc.

 

[emilynghiem]

In the 1920's roads and bridges were ubiquitous. Every country had roads and/or bridges and the vast majority of truly great civilizations had both roads and bridges.

Somehow, and just in the USA, roads and bridges were responsible for the development of the automobile.

Can someone switch on their Obama Context Filter and walk us through how roads and bridges in the USA were responsible for the development of the automobile?

I think you are pointing to correlation not causality.
The same innovative and creative environment allowed both
the expansion of roads and bridges and the development of cars.

In general, regarding the use of govt authority/resources to rebuild jobs/infrastructure/economy

what I learned from a lecture and author on the biography of Jesse Jones,
was that in order to recover from the depression, Jones called together private investors to work WITH govt to get projects financed. the point was for the govt to assist the private sector until the economy and development could sustain on its own WITHOUT govt instead of relying on continued support. But that part never happened.

In Houston, because there was adequate private investment to bail out banks and do a lot of the work indpt of govt, then there was not as much reliance. But nationally because very few areas and states had the same private resources as Houston and Texas, then replicating the same process depended on the federal govt. So that is why it started and was not gradually phased out as originally planned, instead people remained dependent.

And we are still fighting to this day over too much reliance on govt programs that are not effective checked for abuse of resources or authority, from the public housing to schools and welfares. And the real culprit I see in killing state budgets and the economy are the prison contracts wasting millions if not billions on ineffective programs at taxpayers expense that could already pay for health care, housing and education for victims and the public affected by crime as restitution to society. If the only thing that pays is crime, then we are punishing law abiding citizens with more expenses and bankrupting the system.

The soluions will need to come from the states, organizing resources around communities and issues addressed locally, and not mandated by the federal govt. The overreliance has to stop and people have to start paying themselves and investing locally to solve problems.

 

[uscitizen]

We should privatize our highways by the mile so they would function much better and be cheaper.

and if a corp goes bankrupt well that 50 mile section of I75 they owned will just have to be closed for a while.

 

[Papageorgio]

No thanks. I already have a 'CLUE' as to what the WPA was all about and the Socialist intent.

Not to mention Roosevelt wasn't president in 1931 when the dam was commissioned...

What a moonbat... that must be a picture of him in his Avitar.

Try again dipshit. There had been planning for the dam for decades that never went anywhere, until FDR put the american people to work to build it.

Not to mention most of the roads we still drive on today.

It's surprising (and pathetic) that so many right wingers don't even know basic elementary school history

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/building-of-hoover-dam-begins

On this day in 1930, construction of the Hoover Dam begins. Over the next five years, a total of 21,000 men would work ceaselessly to produce what would be the largest dam of its time, as well as one of the largest manmade structures in the world.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/franklindroosevelt

He was elected President in November 1932, to the first of four terms.

Dumb ass

 

[oreo]

In the 1920's roads and bridges were ubiquitous. Every country had roads and/or bridges and the vast majority of truly great civilizations had both roads and bridges.

Somehow, and just in the USA, roads and bridges were responsible for the development of the automobile.

Can someone switch on their Obama Context Filter and walk us through how roads and bridges in the USA were responsible for the development of the automobile?

Or this:--

Ummm--let me think--which came first the airplane or airports?--Never get a liberal's panties all tied up in a wad by talking COMMON SENSE.

"When you don't have a record to run on, you paint your opponent as someone people should run from"--Barack Obama

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Google "Hoover dam" then come back when you have even a pinch of a clue to what you are talking about

Hey, dumbfuck, the Hoover Dam was started under Herbert Hoover..... that's why it isn't called the Roosevelt Dam.

Jesus, Joseph and Mary...

Why are you not ashamed to show your face in public. Most eighth graders know about Hoover Dam and the fact that it was originally called Boulder Dam.

"In 1930, construction began on the Hoover Dam, the largest of its kind at the time. Despite the remote location and harsh working conditions, it was completed in less than five years -- two years ahead of schedule -- and well under budget"

History would appear not to be a Republican strong point.

What does any of this do to bolster the argument that the Hoover Dam was a Roosevelt accomplishment, or, more to the point, anything to do with this thread?

And show my face in public? Are you fucking drunk or just mildly retarded?

 

[Too Tall]

No thanks. I already have a 'CLUE' as to what the WPA was all about and the Socialist intent.

Not to mention Roosevelt wasn't president in 1931 when the dam was commissioned...

What a moonbat... that must be a picture of him in his Avitar.

Try again dipshit. There had been planning for the dam for decades that never went anywhere, until FDR put the american people to work to build it.

Not to mention most of the roads we still drive on today.

It's surprising (and pathetic) that so many right wingers don't even know basic elementary school history

Another lying liberal. FDR took office on Jan 20, 1933 and construction began on the dam in 1931.

FDR actually changed the name from Hoover Dam to Boulder Dam. Truman changed it back to Hoover Dam.

Before the dam could be built, the Colorado River needed to be diverted away from the construction site. To accomplish this, four diversion tunnels were driven through the canyon walls, two on the Nevada side and two on the Arizona side. These tunnels were 56 feet (17 m) in diameter.[45] Their combined length was nearly 16,000 ft or more than 3 mi (5 km).[46] The contract required these tunnels to be completed by October 1, 1933, with a $3,000 per day fine to be assessed for any delay. To meet the deadline, Six Companies had to complete work by early 1933, since only in late fall and winter was the water level in the river low enough to safely divert.[47]

Tunneling began at the lower portals of the Nevada tunnels in May 1931. Shortly afterward, work began on two similar tunnels in the Arizona canyon wall. In March 1932, work began on lining the tunnels with concrete.

Hoover Dam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[CrusaderFrank]

See how Obama minions flounder without being fed instructions?

Obama and Liz "High Cheekbones" Warren both claim that infrastructure was responsible for great American advances, I'm asking how is it that other nations with similar infrastructure.and for thousands of years longer than us, didn't come to build the automobile, for example.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

We should privatize our highways by the mile so they would function much better and be cheaper.

and if a corp goes bankrupt well that 50 mile section of I75 they owned will just have to be closed for a while.

Really? So Stockton, CA roads are closed?

 

[8537]

In the 1920's roads and bridges were ubiquitous. Every country had roads and/or bridges and the vast majority of truly great civilizations had both roads and bridges.

Somehow, and just in the USA, roads and bridges were responsible for the development of the automobile.

Can someone switch on their Obama Context Filter and walk us through how roads and bridges in the USA were responsible for the development of the automobile?

Where do you come up with these fantasies?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

In the 1920's roads and bridges were ubiquitous. Every country had roads and/or bridges and the vast majority of truly great civilizations had both roads and bridges.

Somehow, and just in the USA, roads and bridges were responsible for the development of the automobile.

Can someone switch on their Obama Context Filter and walk us through how roads and bridges in the USA were responsible for the development of the automobile?

Without roads and bridges of what use is an automobile?

All these other nations had roads and bridges, some for thousands of years yet the auto is a uniquely American invention.

How'd that happen?