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Why did many conservatives disagree with New Deal economic policies?
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∙ 9y ago
It made the government too powerful
Sonny Borer
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∙ 9y agoRepublicans opposed the New Deal with claims that it was the enemy of growth and economic expansion. Their criticism centered around the increased federal control of the economy, and the power that the reform gave to labor unions.
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∙ 12y agoNot everyone supported the New Deal. As a formula for economic recovery, the New Deal failed. Many businessmen and financiers did not support the economic measures of the New Deal. With the recession of 1937, many business leaders and politicians claimed that FDR's policies were a failure and the attempt to maintain prosperity during peacetime was not successful at all.
Many felt that the Depression was just part of the free enterprise (capitalistic) system correcting itself and the laws, such as supply and demand, of the free enterprise system would eventually heal the economy. There were some radical proposals. Huey Long (The Kingfish) from Louisiana gained some support for his "Share the Wealth" program. This would place taxes on the very wealthy and no personal incomes on more than one million dollars a year would be allowed. This appealed to the poor and middle class. Dr. Townsend proposed a monthly pension plan in which the federal government would pay a pension to all people over 60 years of age. The pensioners would have to spend all the monthly pension before getting the next months check, and they could not work. Father Coughlin was a Roman Catholic priest who had a radio program. He proposed a complete overhaul of the monetary system, including abolition of the Federal Reserve System. While FDR had his critics, none of their programs were ever adopted and FDR's popularity remained high and eventually the critics and their supporters gave up.
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∙ 9y agoMany conservatives criticized the New Deal because they felt it was socialism. They also thought it gave the federal government too much power.
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∙ 11y agoBecause they thought that it would increase the debt
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Conservatives joined the American Liberty League in the 1930s to oppose?
Conservatives join the American Liberty League, in the 1930s, to oppose President Roosevelt's new deal policies. Many conservatives thought the government was growing to fast.
What is working to resolve market failures?
The New Deal policies enacted by Franklin Roosevelt during his presidency are examples of the government working to resolve the failures in the economic market.
What policies can be proposed to deal with the economic problems and objections to the National Bank in the 1790's?
Taxation and war
Roosevelt's economic policies at the beginning of his second term revealed his desire to?
Roosevelt's economic policies at the beginning of his second term revealed his desire to rein in the rampant New Deal policies of his first term. His second term was much less frenetic in activity.
What was a guiding principle of the New Deal economic policies?
Government must assume more responsibility for helping the poor.
Which fundamental economic problem of farmers did new deal policies attempt to solve?
the answer to this question is scarcity of fertile land or shortage of labor
How did FDR's New Deal break with Herbert Hoover's policies toward the depression?
The US government would take a stronger, more active role in the crisis through direct economic policies.
What were the two major criticisms of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal econmic policies?
Many critics questioned FDR's New Deal on shift from individualism to collectivism, and for his extensive economic interventionism
What is constituent policies?
Constituent policies are policies that deal mainly with laws and create executive entities. They also sometimes deal with fiscal policies under some circumstances.
How do you deal with disagreement with others?
agree to disagree
Fiscal policies deal with?
Fiscal policies deal with finances usually budgets.
Who benefited least from the new deal policies?
Minorities and women were the least benefited from the New Deal policies.
