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Posted by trainsarefun on Sat Jan 3 22:37:55 2009, in response to Re: Why was 179th St/Jamaica 13 years late?, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Jan 3 22:13:23 2009. 1937 also marked the beginning of another recession as the Roosevelt Administration and Congress prematurely cut off on the New deal stimulus, which did have a positive effect, just not enough, before it was terminated; they raised taxes, cut spending, and after that, the hugely big stimulus program called WW2 demanded all resources.I don't think that full war footing came until 1941-1942, really, although as you say, there was motion in that direction probably starting as early as late 1939. Lesson to today's agencies: get as much money as you can as soon as you can! Because you don't know when they will turn the spigot to block the flow! |
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