In the time that Herbert Hoover was the president he had tried in many ways to slow down or even stop the depression. The president believed not in needing jobs but that the people would do things out of the kindness of their hearts, this made him believe that if he pushed hard enough that the people would volunteer and try to make a living off of no job and no money. Also the government reduced taxes to help out the poor that was unable to pay for it. The president also supported local aid for the public work projects. He made efforts to make the situations better but most of the time they failed. One of the best examples was that he gave $1 billion to large businesses so that they could give the less fortunate jobs. The businesses ended up
