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No federal 'blue sky' law — securities regulation belongs to the states, and the President should not police booms — Herbert Hoover, 1932

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Score	Cycle	Candidate	Issue	Position
0.60	1932	Albert C. Ritchie	Federal responsibility for relief	States' rights and business-led recovery — no federal intervention in relief
0.57	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Federal responsibility for relief	Federal leadership in distress relief — federal credit to states whose resources are exhausted
0.55	1932	Herbert Hoover	Public ownership of electric power	Federal regulation of interstate power; opposition to government operation of the power business
0.52	1936	Alf Landon	Unemployment insurance	Leave unemployment insurance to State experiment; no federal tax to compel it
0.51	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Unemployment insurance	Unemployment insurance under state laws
0.49	1936	Alf Landon	Independence of the Supreme Court	An independent Supreme Court secure from executive or legislative invasion; maintain the balance between States and nation
0.47	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
0.43	1932	Albert C. Ritchie	National Prohibition	Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment as a matter of states' rights
0.43	1936	Alf Landon	Overall role and scale of the federal government	Restore confidence by 'unshackling initiative': steady, open, non-partisan administration that stops 'fumbling with recovery'
0.43	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
0.43	1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Amending the Constitution to enlarge (or restrain) federal power	Meet constitutional obstacles by 'clarifying amendment' -- and say nothing about the Supreme Court
0.42	1932	Herbert Hoover	Overall role and scale of the federal government	Preserve 'ordered freedom' and equality of opportunity; reject a state-controlled or state-directed economy as 'tyranny'
0.42	1932	Herbert Hoover	Federal responsibility for relief	Relief through voluntary mobilization and local responsibility, with RFC loans to exhausted states — no federal dole
0.42	1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Old-age pensions and social insurance	Build on the Social Security Act toward economic security for all
0.41	1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Income and inheritance tax progressivity	Taxes levied according to ability to pay; lower taxes for 99 percent, higher at the top
0.41	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Regulation of securities issuance and exchanges	No implied government approval of foreign bond sales; officials will not try to move stock prices
0.41	1936	Norman Thomas	Communism, radicalism and "alien isms" as a political issue	Keep the Socialist vote independent; chide the La Follettes for handing Roosevelt 'everything on a silver platter'
0.41	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Restriction of immigration	Continue immigration restriction to protect labor, but end abuses against individual families in enforcement
0.40	1932	Herbert Hoover	Veterans' bonus and benefits	Oppose cash prepayment of the veterans' bonus, especially by fiat money
0.39	1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Direct relief for the unemployed	Provide useful work at prevailing wages for the needy unemployed rather than a dole
0.39	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	National economic planning	Industry leaders to organize cooperatively for the common good; government regulates only as a last resort
0.38	1936	William E. Borah	Antitrust and concentration of economic power	Drive monopoly and price fixing out of the system or face governmental regimentation
0.38	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)
0.38	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	National Prohibition	Repeal the Eighteenth Amendment by state conventions; legalize beer now; states control liquor and bar the saloon
0.38	1932	Newton D. Baker	League of Nations and international organizations	Do not make the League of Nations a party issue; no entry until a majority of Americans approve