What Was He Thinking?

As the Great Depression lingers on, the President and his advisors have a shiny new concept for boosting the lackluster U.S. economy: Reschedule Thanksgiving.

That way, they reason, Christmas shoppers will have one more week to buy presents, thereby invigorating moribund retail sales. Instead, an irate populace immediately places this bird-brained concept on the chopping block. Listen, laugh and learn the who, what and why of it all in this episode.

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