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If all of our people have work and fair wages and fair profits, they can buy the products of their neighbors and business is good.
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gutenberg.orgFDR: “If all of our people have work and fair wages and fair profits, they can buy the products of their neighbors and…”
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Roosevelt highlights the relationship between employment, wages, and consumer spending.
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