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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lardan, post: 24808612, member: 138663&quot;]When FDR raised the price of gold it was how the Works Progress Program&nbsp; (WPA) was funded and gave 8.5 million people a job. Remember at that time our population was much smaller and men were by far exceeding women in the work force. Even with these numbers it took WWII to bring us out of the Great Depression.</p><p><br /></p><p>The consification of the gold stopped the run on banks. Between 1930 and 1933 9,000 banks had closed with many never reopening. People were afraid of paper money. If your bank closed your savings were also gone, no FDIC back then.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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