We need bold, sweeping change, an FDR type change. Elizabeth or Bernie are the only ones capable.

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106. It looks like some would have preferred another 4 years of Hoover,

or other Republicans or Democrats rather than FDR. Elected for 4 terms, President Roosevelt saved capitalism, turned around the Great Depression and fought with European allies to defeat the Nazis in World War II.

Without FDR there would be no modern Democratic Party, no Truman, no LBJ, an avid 'New Dealer' since his early legislative days, no JFK or Carter and beyond if the ultra conservative Republicans had gained control of all three branches of government in the 1930s. Or, if fascist forces had overtaken the government as many had planned in the late 1930s and 1940s.

Hence, no labor laws with minimum wage, overtime, 8- hour workday and weekends to protect workers, no Social Security, no strong banking reforms like the Glass-Stegall Act, no FHA to support home loans, no GI Bill for veterans, no national support for the arts and humanities, no civil rights movement and legislation, no women's movement, no environmental movement, no space program, no Medicare or Great Society programs to help poor and disadvantaged Americans, and more.