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Ro Khanna: “FDR's agenda...is a model for our time.”

Featuring: Ro Khanna, Democratic | U.S. House California, 17th Congressional District

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Ro Khanna lays out progressive agenda as he 'seriously' considers presidential run | Newsmakers

Published | Video Starts at 41:21

But I've come from a place of success in Silicon Valley. And he was willing to toy on that. Capital class to make the economy work for everyone is FDR's agenda...is a model for our time. With an important correction, he excluded a lot of the black south where domestic workers, agricultural workers didn't get a chance. He purposely set Social Security at 65, knowing that black life expectancy was 59. (41:21–41:42)

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Asserts that Franklin D. Roosevelt's agenda is a suitable model for current times.

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