Question

what were the major components of truman’s fair deal? which ones were implemented, and which ones were not?

Answer 1

- Increase minimum wage
- National health insurance - not implemented
- Expand public housing
- Expand social security - 1950 law added previously excluded self-employed and
domestic workers to Social security
- Expand aid to education
- Private welfare arrangements thrived: labor contracts of unionized workers established
health insurance plans, automatic cost of living wage increases, paid vacations, and pension plans that supplemented social security