The unemployment insurance part of the legislation will not only help to guard the individual in future periods of lay-off against dependence upon relief, but it will, by sustaining purchasing power, cushion the shock of economic distress.
Roosevelt outlines the benefits of unemployment insurance in protecting individuals and sustaining purchasing power.
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