country, too. everything from the blue ridge parkway, to the elevated highway that connects miami and key west. to the grand coulee dam, to the hoover dam. all of these things, public works projects were built during the great depression. as were all of these corner stones of transportation, they were cornerstones then, definitely cornerstones now. it s not an accident all of that big picture, big thinking building happened we the country was in dire economic straits during the depression. when the economy went cabluey in 1929, the government decided to crank up works projects to keep people employed. private business couldn t keep americans at work anymore. the government did. they could and they did. one of the ways they did that helped us pull through those years was that they built these projects that became foundational to our growth as a country and to our economic capacity. it helped us keep it together through the depression and it
officially opened. it s amazing laguardia s 75 years old, but it s also kind of amazing to realize that it was built at that time in our nation s history. i mean, 1939, right? great depression. and it s not just laguardia that was built then. laguardia opened in 1939. the triborough bridge built in 1936. the lincoln tunnel between new jersey and new york city, that was built in 1937. the famous george washington bridge of ft. lee and governor chris christie fame, the george washington bridge opened in 1931. and this is true across the country, too. everything from the blue ridge parkway, to the elevated highway that connects miami and key west. to the grand coulee dam, to the hoover dam. all of these things, public works projects were built during the great depression. as were all of these corner stones of transportation, they
he said i started preaching as a kid. and they let me preach. there was about 900 people there and they stood me on a box. and i preached from st. johns at 14th chapel. first verse. and i ve been preaching ever since. you can watch the full interview on the o.w.n. network this sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern and at 5:00 p.m. pacific. i m still preaching on a box. i still believe in my calling, but the main thing is you find your calling. and no matter how margin alized and rejected you having and may think you still are, you can still come out and be what you want to be. rejected stones before corner stones if you have faith and belief in yourself and what you re about. that s what we re all about in this country. and that s what we have to make america be for everybody. thanks for watching. i m al sharpton.
insurance, then starting on october 1st, private plans will actually compete for your business. just last week, new york announced that premiums for consumers who buy their insurance in these online marketplaces will be at least 50% lower than what they re paying today. and now here in the guest spot to talk about the policy from the president s speech today, the chair of the president s council of economic advisers, alan kruger. welcome. thank you. so what do you see as someone who sits with the president, who looks at his policy agenda as the main takeaway from today s address? the president laid out his vision for growing the economy from the middle out. for too long, the middle class has been under stress. the president took stock at where we are in the recovery. he laid out his vision for putting in place the corner stones for a sound middle class life. quality jobs, affordable
everything you ve worked hard for is no longer one illness away from being wiped out. [ applause ] now, finally, as we work to strengthen these corner stones of middle class security, good job with decent wages and benefits, a good education, home of your own, retirement security, health care security, i m going to make the case for why we ve got to rebuild ladders of opportunity for all those americans who haven t quite made it yet. who are working hard but still suffering poverty wages. who are struggling to get full-time work. there are a lot of folks who are still struggling out here. too many people in poverty.