It must have been about '36 that FDR took the country by storm. I remember all the hoopla and Dad listening to it on the radio, but perhaps not the year, but must have been about then. Those were the years we drove down to Ontario for the winter because it really was depression time. We drove down from Madison to Moose Jaw and then followed the Soo Line southeast and across into the US, and there they were. The WPA working on different projects on the highways or something. Can't vouch for actually seeing seats built on to their shovels, but can remember seeing them leaning on rusty shovels, not old rust, but new rust.
FDR today would be a blessing, at least these WPA'rs were supposed to be working, it may have been boring to shirk all day, but for those who had any work ethic at all it was better than just being given a free cell phone along with food stamps, and absolutely nothing to do. If the way to keep the votes coming is to give out free aid then these politicians should know that unless . . .