Hooverville

If you’re unfamiliar with the term Hooverville, it is a hole dug into the ground where the dirt is piled around the edges, then scrap wood is put over the top and covered with more dirt.

OpEdNews - Diary: We Poke Along 2009

Their "city" was known as "Hooverville," and the crowd was eventually dispersed by Gen. Douglas MacArthur in his role as chief of staff of the Army.

Occupy Washington Took Place in 1932 2012

Give me a break, Hooverville is alive and well with Bush.

Bush to talk economy in Rose Garden 2008

His only memorial in history is the word Hooverville to describe the slums and shanty towns created to house the unemployed, homeless and hopeless victims of the depression.

In Defence of Marxism 2009

Seattle Times editorial columnist Bruce Ramsey recalls Hooverville

The Seattle Times 2010

What's particularly interesting about this mailer is that the "Hooverville," of course, was a symbol of government inaction in the face of the poverty and widespread misery of the Great Depression.

Right-wing group's mailer warns of "Obamavilles" Greg Sargent 2010

The last time our country followed Republican "Hooverville" mentality and stopped spending during a time of need, we ended up in the Great Depression.

Dems push back hard on GOP stimulus attacks 2009

Can you imagine the greater mess we would have if "Hooverville" Republicans had their way again?

White House adviser: Recovery slow but stimulus working 2009

But the miseries of "Hooverville" don't seem to alter their blind consent much either.

Natural Adversaries 2009

There will be fewer hunger marches and 'Hooverville' shanty towns.

Senate Seats and Obama Inaugural Dinner Plates 2008