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Barack Hussein Obama
- Stimulus packages
- Trying to bring back the troops from Iraq
- 700 billion dollar bailout
- Hands-on government
- Better health care
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- FDR was adamant about helping people and changing the economy, and he compared it to a “war against the emergency”
- FDR was willing to confront congress aggressively
- Created Social Security and the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) to safeguard the people
- Made disability benefits available to the disabled
- Established the REA (Rural Electrification Administration) to bring power to rural communities
- He brought us the New Deal: new agencies, new policies, new bills, passed
- He started broadcasting on the radio (“Fireside chats”), to reassure the public and gained even
more popularity as a result
- He was very approachable, warm, caring, involved, and reassuring
- People seemed to like his ideas better because he was focused on the people
- Big picture
- Endorsing new governing philosophy; government should serve the people by getting involved/taking action
- Higher expectations for govenrment thatn the people
- Almost assassinated
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