It was a politics that had a vision of the future that was better for all and an understanding that we needed political will and power to pass the policies to bring it about. This nation electrified all of rural America in the 1930s in less than a decade. We did it because we understood that if rural communities were to survive in the future, they needed electricity, but the market wasn't going to do it because the profit margins weren't there. (20:15–20:22)
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Asserts that the U.S. electrified all rural areas in the 1930s in under a decade.
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