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Yes it is a time of financial adjustment and no it is not worse than the "great depression" which began in 1929. We are not yet in a depression or even officially in a recession (though it is very close to an official recession). During the "great depression" unemployment was around 25% and the current unemployment rate is no where close to that. The political parties have used shady tatics since the very beginning, ie during one race in past history one nominee accused the other nominee of pimping his wife for votes and the press reported that. It gives a greater appearance of shady tactics because of the internet and 24/7 "news" outlets as well as the ever larger and larger sums of money being spent by the nominees on media ads but politics has always been a dirty game. There has always been problems with voting due to dishonesty, incompetance and inefficiency but became more apparent to the current generation because of the close race between Gore and Bush. There is not much that is different or new in the game of politics.