{"id":688,"date":"2009-06-05T17:39:26","date_gmt":"2009-06-05T21:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/?p=688"},"modified":"2009-12-02T17:45:29","modified_gmt":"2009-12-02T22:45:29","slug":"the-new-new-deal-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/featured\/the-new-new-deal-overview\/688\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Blueprint America<\/em> &#8212; with <em>American RadioWorks<\/em> on public radio &#8212; looks at the <em>new<\/em> New Deal: President Barack Obama wants to create jobs by building infrastructure, but so did another president.<\/p>\n<p>Franklin Delano Roosevelt tried to put people to work by building roads, bridges, dams, sewers, schools, hospitals and even ski jumps. The structures that New Deal agencies built transformed America.<\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________________________________________<a href=\"http:\/\/americanradioworks.publicradio.org\/features\/infrastructure\/a1.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-657\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/files\/2009\/05\/american_media-works.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Bridge to Somewhere&#8221; is an American RadioWorks production as a part of Blueprint America. Produced by Catherine Winter and edited by Mary <\/em><em>Beth Kirchner; help from Scott Hunter. 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