09-16-2009, 03:46 AM
Indeed, the public option was effectively used during the Progressive Era to bring down food costs:

And Public Option Housing Insurance (FHA et al) is the reason mortgages are no longer something restricted to rich people, as was the case in the 1920s.

And Public Option Housing Insurance (FHA et al) is the reason mortgages are no longer something restricted to rich people, as was the case in the 1920s.