Critical Thinking 23-5 #3 & 4

Some critics have charged that the New Deal was anti business and anti-free enterprise. Explain why you agree or disagree with this charge.

I would agree with these charges that accuse the New Deal of being Anti-business. In fact, I find the new deal designed to aid the people more so than the businesses. An example of this is the expanded power of the federal government. An important part of the new deal was that the federal government assumed responsibilities for the social welfare of the citizens. Another example is the New Deals effect on the economy of the country. The New Deal let the Federal Government create programs such as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Securities and Exchange Commission. These regulated Banking and Investment activities. The final example is how the federal government gave direct relief to Americas people, something Hoover refused to do. Roosevelt's New Deal provided programs the created and gave jobs to hundreds of unemployed people. The New Deal didn't end the Great Depression, but helped reduce the suffering of thousands of people.
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How successful do you think Franklin Roosevelt was as a president?

I Think FDR was extremely successful before he was even elected president. I is apparent that he won the election of 1933 in a landslide and was such a good president the he was elected two more terms in the white house. Unlike Hoover before him, who didn't want to give direct relief to the people, FDR did the exact opposite, which was what the people suffering from the depression needed at the time. Although Hoover tried extremely hard to help stop the depression, FDR was able to look past keeping "moral fiber" and used this New Deal to the point where congress couldn't keep up with him.