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What Was The Impact Of Francis Townsend Plan

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In the midst of The Great Depression, Francis Townsend, a struggling physician, saw that elderly people were in need of money. Have been inspired by this Francis created his own plan which would give an amount of money to someone already retired, so it would help the elderly retire safely without having to work their whole life, and create new openings for that are just starting out. To fund the plan the Government would raise tax up by 2%. Townsend and Robert Earl Clements Started a movement to help reach his goal of the plan being accepted and to gain supporters. The organization became so powerful claiming to have 3.5 million supporters and had 20 million signechers, wanting the plan to be passed. Proposing his idea in the People’s Forum
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