Not 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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Many critics questioned FDR's New Deal on shift from individualism to collectivism, and for his extensive economic interventionism
The CCC opposition refers to the resistance against the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a New Deal program established during the Great Depression. Critics argued that the CCC's focus on environmental projects and public works diverted resources from direct job creation and economic recovery efforts. Additionally, some opposed the program's militaristic structure and the exclusion of certain groups, such as women and minorities, from its benefits. Overall, while it garnered significant support for addressing unemployment and conservation, it faced criticism for perceived inefficiencies and inequalities.
Different people are going to give different answers to that. One opinion: opponents of the New Deal wanted to maintain the status quo--that is, keep the rich rich and the poor poor.
Critics of the first New Deal favored the Second New Deal because the policies were made to give more long term reform programs to the recovering nations. There were some critics of the Second New Deal who felt this was a step toward Socialism.
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FDR'S landslide victory showed that most Americans supported the New Deal. Yet the New Deal still had many critics with their own sizable followings.
Many critics questioned FDR's New Deal on shift from individualism to collectivism, and for his extensive economic interventionism
The New Deal offered better wages, so sharecroppers might leave private employers
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The New Deal offered better wages, so sharecroppers might leave private employers.
There are multiple reasons politicians protested the 'New Deal'. From the Left, politicians argued that the 'New Deal' did not do enough redistribution of wealth. From the Right, politicians opposed more government welfare programs.