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Reduce the expenses of government as relief needs decline — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936

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ScoreCycleCandidateIssuePosition
0.441936Franklin D. RooseveltDirect relief for the unemployedProvide useful work at prevailing wages for the needy unemployed rather than a dole
0.421932Franklin D. RooseveltPublic works as employment policy'Employment for all surplus labor at all times' through self-liquidating public works (the Shearon letter, as Hoover read it)
0.411932Norman ThomasWorking hours and labor standardsThe six-hour day and five-day week without reduction in wages
0.411932Franklin D. RooseveltWorking hours and labor standardsSpread employment by substantially reducing hours of labor, starting in government service
0.401932Norman ThomasPublic works as employment policyA $5 billion federal public-works program — roads, reforestation, slum clearance, workers' housing — and idle factories and land turned over to the unemployed
0.401932Franklin D. RooseveltPublic works as employment policyExpand self-sustaining public works and temporary federal work (forests, flood control, waterways), with advance planning
0.391932Herbert HooverRestriction of immigrationContinue the executive order practically prohibiting immigration except relatives of residents
0.371936Franklin D. RooseveltHow 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
0.371932Franklin D. RooseveltPublic works as employment policyPublic works spending is only a stopgap, not a cure for unemployment
0.361932Franklin D. RooseveltBenefits for disabled and service-connected veteransFull justice and generosity for veterans disabled by actual wartime service — silence on the bonus
0.361936Alf LandonUnemployment insuranceLeave unemployment insurance to State experiment; no federal tax to compel it
0.351932Franklin D. RooseveltOld-age pensions and social insuranceOld-age insurance under state laws
0.351936Norman ThomasPublic ownership of major industriesThe New Deal 'has not worked'; build the cooperative commonwealth
0.351932Herbert HooverPublic works as employment policyFederal construction at three times normal and $1.5 billion of RFC loans for self-liquidating works — but no pork-barrel or non-productive projects
0.341932Herbert HooverBenefits for disabled and service-connected veteransFull relief for service-disabled veterans and dependents; review existing veterans' laws to remove inequalities and effect economies
0.341932Franklin D. RooseveltRestriction of immigrationContinue immigration restriction to protect labor, but end abuses against individual families in enforcement
0.341932Herbert HooverRight to organize and bargain collectivelyCollective bargaining by representatives of the employees' own choice, 'without the interference of any one'
0.341932John Nance GarnerPublic works as employment policyThe Garner-Rainey $1.2 billion public-works bill — and a pledge to reintroduce it
0.341932Franklin D. RooseveltBalancing the federal budgetBalance the federal budget annually within revenues
0.331932Franklin D. RooseveltFarm prices and agricultural surplusRestore purchasing power to the farming half of the nation
0.331932Franklin D. RooseveltRestoring the commodity price level (reflation)Restore commodity prices toward their former dollar value rather than write down all debts
0.321932Franklin D. RooseveltOverall role and scale of the federal government"A new deal for the American people" — work and security through liberal, planned government action
0.311936Alf LandonNational economic planningEnd federal regimentation: no revival of NRA or AAA controls, no more emergency powers over production, wages and hours
0.311932Franklin D. RooseveltPublic employment officesA federally coordinated system of state employment offices (the vetoed Wagner bill)
0.311932Franklin D. RooseveltReforestation and land policyEmploy a million men reforesting marginal and abandoned land