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FDR: We want to get enough capital and labor at work to give us a total turnover of business, a total national income, of at…

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We want to get enough capital and labor at work to give us a total turnover of business, a total national income, of at least eighty billion dollars a year.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt sets a target for national income to stimulate economic growth and reduce unemployment.

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