The book parallels the actions of President Roosevelt and Mayor LaGuardia. During this section of the book both men came into very important roles. They came in at a time when the economy of the state and the country was in desperate state. This part of the book highlights a lot of the laws and changes that took place during the New Deal and the challenges they faced in their attempts to improve the country’s economy and to help the lower class.  What drew my attention the most was a section where they were talking about the amount of money they would need for the country to recover.  Because of the relationship that the two had New York was given a bit more funding than other areas. Which I see as a rational idea, as New York plays a very important role in the country’s economy and the faster it recovers the more the state could contribute.  Also very important was La Guardia efforts to appeal to other groups and he made decisions that didn’t favor solely his party.