We have chosen to put people before money. We have chosen to protect the working man as well as capital. We have chosen to shelter the poor. Just consider When Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act in 1862, he offered 160 acres of public land to any citizen willing to work it. What did he not do? He did not create a new landed gentry of the West. (08:39–08:45)
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Asserts that the Homestead Act provided 160 acres of public land to citizens willing to work it.
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