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Recovery came from raising purchasing power at the bottom, not 'trickle down' — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936

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ScoreCycleCandidateIssuePosition
0.331936Huey P. LongDistribution of national income and purchasing powerShare Our Wealth: cap fortunes, guarantee every family a homestead and income
0.311936Franklin D. RooseveltAntitrust and concentration of economic powerVigorously enforce the antitrust laws and restore their efficacy against new corporate devices
0.301936Franklin D. RooseveltPublic ownership of electric powerCheaper electricity and rural electrification by the 'yardstick' method
0.281936Alf LandonRight to organize and bargain collectivelyGovernment as umpire and mediator; develop conciliation instead of rushing disputes to the President's doorstep
0.261932Franklin D. RooseveltLocal government consolidation and the tax burden on landPresidential leadership to consolidate local governments and lift the tax burden on land
0.241932Herbert HooverLocal government consolidation and the tax burden on landA national review of federal-state-local taxation to relieve farms and homes of property taxes
0.241936Franklin D. RooseveltWorking hours and labor standardsRevive the NRA's principles 'by one device or another' (imputed; the President would not say)
0.241932Franklin D. RooseveltOverall role and scale of the federal government"A new deal for the American people" — work and security through liberal, planned government action
0.231936Franklin D. RooseveltHousing and slum clearanceExtend the federal housing program toward adequate housing for those in slums; encourage private building
0.231932Herbert HooverNational ProhibitionResubmit the Eighteenth Amendment so each state may decide, with constitutional guarantees against the saloon and against interference with dry states; enforce the law meanwhile
0.221932Franklin D. RooseveltFarm prices and agricultural surplusRestore purchasing power to the farming half of the nation
0.221932Franklin D. RooseveltOverall role and scale of the federal governmentGovernment as a check on concentrated economic power — "individualism" redefined as equality of opportunity
0.221932Norman ThomasOld-age pensions and social insuranceOld-age pensions for men and women sixty and over
0.221932Norman ThomasWorking hours and labor standardsThe six-hour day and five-day week without reduction in wages
0.221932Norman ThomasFederal responsibility for reliefA $5 billion federal appropriation for immediate relief of those in need
0.211932Franklin D. RooseveltNational economic planningNational economic planning on the model of the 1917 war mobilization
0.211932Franklin D. RooseveltChild laborNo return to sweatshops or children working in factories
0.211932Franklin D. RooseveltFederal responsibility for reliefFederal leadership in distress relief — federal credit to states whose resources are exhausted
0.211932Herbert HooverPlanned use of land and retirement of marginal farmlandSupport a sound program to divert land from unprofitable to profitable use
0.201932Herbert HooverFarm and home mortgage reliefThe Federal Home Loan Bank system to stop home foreclosures and finance new homes
0.201936Alf LandonNational economic planningEnd federal regimentation: no revival of NRA or AAA controls, no more emergency powers over production, wages and hours
0.201936Franklin D. RooseveltLevel of federal spendingReduce the expenses of government as relief needs decline
0.191932Herbert HooverEuropean war debts and reparationsThe 1931 German moratorium and standstill agreements stemmed European collapse and will be built upon
0.191936Franklin D. RooseveltIncome and inheritance tax progressivityDefense of the undistributed-profits tax as a loophole-closer; correct imperfections if found
0.191932Franklin D. RooseveltDistribution of national income and purchasing powerA more equitable distribution of national income — higher reward to labor, lower to speculative capital