The basic idea that FDR had was to make it possible for more people to participate in the modern economy and the benefits of living in a modern nation. The goals - universal access and spreading demand - were accomplished by a variety of means. In the third part of Bopnews.com's series on the economic background that makes this Presidential election the most important in recent years, we look at some of the legislation that made FDR's vision possible, and the dramatic effect on Poverty that the Kennedy-Johnson years had.
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