Question

Many people supported Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal policies. However, some individuals, such as Huey P. Long, criticized his policies, and the Supreme Court declared some unconstitutional. If you had lived during the Great Depression, would you have supported Roosevelt’s policies or criticized them? Why?
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Answer 1

Many people had opinions reflecting on the policies Franklin Roosevelt, but I think his policies we're just and fair. Poor Franklin, he had to clean up the mess Hoover left behind because of the Great Depression, so he had a lot of promise, and shoes to fill in. The "New Deal" he made was a sort of all in one package to get the nation back on it's feet, this was backed up by Roosevelts three R's. The R's represented: Relief for the unemployed, and poor, recovery of the economy back to normal levels, and reform of the financial system to prevent the Great Depression again. This sounded great, the nation will be back and running again, but what about those who opposed it? Now with Huey P. Long, he consistently denounced the New Deal as "socialism" and argued that it harmed America's business interests and gave ever-greater control to the central government in Washington. So I would not agree because America is Capitalist not Socialist. To be honest I can see his concern because of how much government money is being spent for this. In conclusion I love Roosevelts ideas, he was the man who brought America back on it's feet and should be praised for it.

Answer 2

Roosevelt was criticized for his economic policies, especially the shift in tone from individualism to collectivism with the dramatic expansion of the welfare state and regulation of the economy. ... These critics often accuse his policies of prolonging what they believe would otherwise have been a much shorter recession.  

Robert A. Taft, powerful Republican Senator from Ohio from 1939 to 1953. Taft was the leader of the Republican Party's conservative wing; he consistently denounced the New Deal as "socialism" and argued that it harmed America's business interests and gave ever-greater control to the central government in Washington.

So I would not agree because America is Capitalist not Socialist.

I would like to keep Capitalism since it has been really successful and the economy is great, also there is no country that was ever successful using Socialism because socialism and communism only work while the government has money; If the government-run out of money then no one will have money and it will fail as Venezuela did so I'd rather have our Capitalism.

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