pOnce de leon searched for the fabled fountain of youth in i believe 1502 he of course did not find it
The main difference between being poor in America and Europe in the 19th century etc. was that America offered much more opportunities due to the fact that it was a nation that was being built up from the ground. This meant that poor people and people of low education could at least get various jobs in construction and related things whereas in Europe, the opportunities for such people were much smaller.
The biggest negative for the average American following the implementation of NIRA was the infamous section 7(a) of the act, which guaranteed the right the workers' right to organize unions. Although labour unions in of themselves are not inherently bad, the sweeping protections guaranteed by the act lead to a wave of general strikes across the United States as unions felt the government was now on their side in their fight for better wages and working conditions. Because of this, the NIRA actually ironically hurt American industry for a short period of time.
Politically, the NIRA was also a big negative for Franklin D Roosevelt's Democrats as it caused a decline in support for Roosevelt's "New Deal" economic programs which had been a central part of his campaign platform in the 1932 US presidential election.
The government would take a stronger, more active role in the crisis.
