Unsustainable Development Quotes
Many people when they first read this quote assume that it came from some counter-culture radical. It did, but he was a President of the United States.
This classic quotation ought to be considered by all politicians who warn of current trends of which they are very worried. See {627459} for another of his related quotations.
In the beginning of the 21st century governments with large financial resources developed many buildings and communities as did in some capitalistic countries private firms. Many were successful but there were some failures almost everywhere. However after the Meltdown of 2008 and the Great Recession many large buildings and communities the world over were under-utilized and in many cases not used at all. Proportionately, Ireland, Spain and Greece had the worst problem (public as well as provate). However just because of size and wealth, the United States and China had the most unused buildings and communities that were developed. However, many economists and developers argue that even of those projects were failures, the buildings, streets, sewers, utilities and infrastructure will be there and when the economy heats up, they will be used.
Republican members of Congress have been publicly calling Democratic Presidents nasty names at several times in History. When President Barack Obama was called a liar at his State of the Union Message, to most people’s shock and distaste, it was following a history of such insulting behavior. In this instance, everything that FDR had predicted for the Dam turned out to be not only true but was an understatement of the economic benefit. It was finished just in time to power the new Aluminum industry that made all the super-bombers and 750 major ships in WWII. Congressman Kulkin was a minor figure in American history who never accomplished much as a Congressman other to insult the President and question his motives.
At the end of WWII Black Southern men, who had fought for America and seen many of their fellows killed, returned to a segregated, viciously racist South that was intellectually, educationally, scientifically, and culturally backward compared to the rest of the country. Radio from outside the South reached Southerners and TV was just starting. Yet the white establishment was determined to maintain the status quo.
The Bushmen are of the indigenous people of Botswana who have only had extended contact with the larger world recently.
