24 "It appears, gentlemen,” announced Gray Boar, "somebody doesn't like me, and doesn't want me to run for the office! And when someone doesn't like me doing something, or says it can't be done, that's when I want most to DO it! Though I don't know how I'm going to continue my scientific investigation, you've got a Candidate!"
25 He took a pen and signed the waiver. Immediately a man ran into the house and made several phone calls. That evening, in every city Paper Boys shouted on the corner "Gray Boar runs for First Speaker! Assassin makes attempt on his life! Read all about it! Gray Boar runs!"
26 Now, Gray Boar began campaigning, telling the people "If I am made First Speaker, this is what I'll do. I'll pass a Law that every bank must carry insurance to protect their depositors against loss that should the bank close, the insurance would pay every depositor the full amount of what they had in the bank.
27 I would also make it unlawful for banks to take funds from their smaller branches to support their failing parent banks. That funds cannot be transferred from one bank to the other, but stay in the bank where they're deposited.
28 I will create a program of unemployment insurance, paid for by the employers, which will pay an unemployed person for up to a year while they seek new work.
29 I will also pass a Law making it unlawful for banks to seize the property of persons who have become unemployed because of the closing of factories in their area.
30 Their debts will not be canceled, merely held until they can find new employment.
31 And as soon as they find new employment they must start repaying their debt.
32 The banks shall not be able to charge them any

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