Especially useful is the chapter about the Rural Electrification Administration, which brought cheap power to rural farm areas in the south, stimulating these economic areas.

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Do we really still need the Rural Electrification Administration?

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Rural Electrification Administration combined with the WPA, not only brought electricity to rural America, but also school lunches, new schools, open roads in remote areas, reforestation, and purchased lands to enlarge national forests.

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