Last week, President Biden's Covid stimulus recovery bill became law. Already, many, including President Biden himself, are comparing the Covid stimulus package to Lyndon Johnson's Great Society relief programs. But this colossal economic package is just one of several that Mr. Biden and his Democratic Party colleagues are planning, meaning that the Biden Administration will outlay funds and financial packages the scope of which will likely rival FDR's New Deal programs.  

But the Democratic Party that President Jackson founded was in favor of a small federal government and balancing the budget. Although this Democratic ethos changed in the latter decades of the 19th century, it wasn't until Franklin Delano Roosevelt's presidency that gigantic federal programs were implemented. It was the era of the New Deal. 

In this podcast, we analyze the history of Jackson's and FDR's presidencies and entertain you with their unbelievable stories. We also bring focus to Jackson's and FDR's political powers and invite you to contemplate as to whether or not President Biden enjoys similar political powers to push through his wide-ranging economic programs. 

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📚 Below are citations to some sources discussed in this podcast. Visit the post on ThePeel.news site for citations to specific pages.

Downey, Kirstin. The Woman Behind The New Deal – The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR’s Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience. Random House, 2009. Amazon link. 

Heidler, David S. and Jeanne T. Henry Clay: The Essential American. Random House, 2010. Amazon link. 

Lash, Joseph P. Eleanor And Franklin. Konecky & Konecky, 1971. Amazon link. 

Meacham, Jon. American Lion - Andrew Jackson in the White House. Random House, 2008. Amazon link. 

Remini, Robert V. The Life of Andrew Jackson. Penguin Books, 1990 (original publication, 1988). Amazon link. 

Wapshott, Nicholas. The Sphinx: Franklin Roosevelt, The Isolationists, And The Road To World War II. Norton, 2015. Amazon link. 

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