1932 Platform of the Democratic Party

A few elements from the 1932 Platform of the Democratic Party. Overall the document calls for much expansion of government, but also these:

* An immediate and drastic reduction of governmental expenditures by abolishing useless commissions and offices, consolidating departments and bureaus and eliminating extravagance, to accomplish a saving of not less than 25% in the cost of the Federal government …

* Maintenance of the national credit by a Federal budget annually balanced on the basis of accurate executive estimates within revenues …

* A sound currency to be preserved at all hazards …

* The removal of government from all fields of private enterprise except where necessary to develop public works and natural resources in the common interest.

* We condemn … the open and covert resistance of administrative officials to every effort made by Congressional committees to control the extravagant expenditures of the government …

* And in conclusion, to accomplish these purposes and to recover economic liberty, we pledge the nominees of this convention the best efforts of a great Party whose founder announced the doctrine which guides us now in the hour of our country’s need: equal rights to all; special privilege to none.

The full document is here.

A question: What are the chances that the Party will restore these for 2024?

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