History of the United States II / Unit 11 USH2 1530 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Townsend Plan
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The idea
Francis Townsend of California proposed paying every retired citizen over sixty two hundred dollars a month, on condition that it be spent within thirty days.
In practice
Older workers leaving the workforce, which the Yawp says Townsend argued would encourage recovery.
Where people slip
The sources disagree on his profession, so the course leaves it out.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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