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Old-age insurance under state laws — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932

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Score	Cycle	Candidate	Issue	Position
0.50	1932	Norman Thomas	Sickness and health insurance	National health insurance
0.38	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Philippine independence	Independence for the Philippines; ultimate statehood for Puerto Rico
0.35	1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Level of federal spending	Reduce the expenses of government as relief needs decline
0.35	1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Direct relief for the unemployed	Provide useful work at prevailing wages for the needy unemployed rather than a dole
0.35	1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	How to finance old-age and unemployment insurance (contributory reserve vs. pay-as-you-go)	Defense of the payroll-tax financing: the employer pays an equal share and the reserves are safe
0.35	1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Benefits for disabled and service-connected veterans	Continue just treatment of war veterans and dependents
0.32	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Sickness and health insurance	Sickness insurance as a "minimum requirement" alongside old-age and unemployment insurance
0.31	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Working hours and labor standards	Spread employment by substantially reducing hours of labor, starting in government service
0.31	1932	Alfred E. Smith	Tariff levels	Endorsement of the Smoot-Hawley tariff
0.28	1936	Alf Landon	Crop insurance and storage reserves	Give crop insurance 'the fullest attention'
0.28	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Benefits for disabled and service-connected veterans	Full justice and generosity for veterans disabled by actual wartime service — silence on the bonus
0.28	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Public employment offices	A federally coordinated system of state employment offices (the vetoed Wagner bill)
0.27	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Public works as employment policy	'Employment for all surplus labor at all times' through self-liquidating public works (the Shearon letter, as Hoover read it)
0.26	1932	John Nance Garner	Public works as employment policy	The Garner-Rainey $1.2 billion public-works bill — and a pledge to reintroduce it
0.26	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Campaign finance and lobbying	Continuous publicity of political contributions; stronger Corrupt Practices Act; curb paid lobbies
0.26	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	European war debts and reparations	No cancellation of the war debts — make payment possible by restoring trade
0.26	1932	Norman Thomas	Working hours and labor standards	The six-hour day and five-day week without reduction in wages
0.26	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Overall role and scale of the federal government	"A new deal for the American people" — work and security through liberal, planned government action
0.25	1932	Herbert Hoover	Right to organize and bargain collectively	Collective bargaining by representatives of the employees' own choice, 'without the interference of any one'
0.25	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Unemployment insurance	Unemployment insurance under state laws
0.24	1936	William Lemke	Minimum wages	A 'living annual wage' -- $1,800 for a family of five -- by federal law and a constitutional amendment if necessary
0.24	1932	Herbert Hoover	Restriction of immigration	Continue the executive order practically prohibiting immigration except relatives of residents
0.24	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Public works as employment policy	Expand self-sustaining public works and temporary federal work (forests, flood control, waterways), with advance planning
0.24	1932	Herbert Hoover	Benefits for disabled and service-connected veterans	Full relief for service-disabled veterans and dependents; review existing veterans' laws to remove inequalities and effect economies
0.24	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Child welfare and schooling	Maintain the Children's Bureau; keep children in school to sixteen; expand vocational education