What effect of the great depression is described in the song, “brother, can you spare a dime? ” the expanded government regulations used to control banking practices led to abuses in power and a financial collapse. the stock market crash of 1929 caused extensive losses in financial wealth for individuals in various branches of society. due to a lesser demand for food, the production of agricultural goods diminished and farmers struggled to keep their farms. the men who had built and fed the nation and fought in world war i were abandoned and struggling to survive.

The answer is: "The men who had built and fed the nation and fought in World War l were abandoned and struggling to survive.

Gorney the author of this song said in an interview in 1974: "i dinn't want a song to depress people. I wanted to write a song to make people think. it isn't a song of "give me a dime". It wasn't that kind of sentimentality.

The song asks why the men who built the nation. Now his work it's done and their labor no longer necessary, find themselves abandoned and in bread lines, asking for an act of charity.

- "in the declaration of independence, it is stated that all people have certain rights that can't be taken away. when the government fails to protect these rights, the people have no choice but to remove that government and replace it with a government that will do its job and protect the people's rights."