FDR: “Remember that when men and women are idle, they are not in the market…”

On the recordOctober 15, 1936

Remember that when men and women are idle, they are not in the market for the products of industry.

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Democratic · New York

Source

Address at Cleveland, Ohio

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FDR: “Remember that when men and women are idle, they are not in the market for the products of industry.”