Pros And Cons Of The New Deal

Was the New Deal a Good Deal?

Previous to the New Deal was a decade that contained disaster and hardships called the Great Depression. Once Roosevelt took office in 1933 he implemented the New Deal. This deal was to return America expediently back to its economically, socially, and politically prosperous days. A good deal offers flexible but reasonable opportunities and solutions to direct the attention towards the nation’s struggles. The distinguishment between a successful deal and a non successful deal is the ability for the outcome to truly impact and fulfill the goal that it was set to do. Roosevelt’s New Deal appeared to be a good deal but the disadvantages outweighed the progression or improvement that it promised to provide. Collectively,

Congress, at times, was said to have spoonfed Roosevelt power and support his decisions wholeheartedly. As shown by the image “Oliver Twist” below, the word “power,” in the picture represents that Roosevelt was not a good representation for the nation due to his persuading charisma towards the goal of unjust greediness. The New Deal basically manipulated the American people and the government in desperate desirement for control. Citizens that first elected Roosevelt for presidency have now changed their decision not to support the New Deal assertions. According to Dr. M. Santos in “The New Deal Was a Failure,” states “I do not believe that Roosevelt will solve this crisis, for if he had wanted to, as he promised to the American people, he would have solved it, as the Legislature and the Senate have given Roosevelt more power than any other president of the United States….” As Roosevelt continued the New Deal, he used his power in a negative effect regarding the nation’s hardships. Programs in the New Deal opposed the foundation of the Constitution and constantly need improvements thus not assisting the problems. The Agricultural Adjustment Administration represents one program that was ruled unconstitutional. US History.org from The Farming Problem states, “The Supreme Court put an end to the AAA in 1936 by declaring it unconstitutional… After years and years of plowing and planting, much of the soil of the Great Plains and become depleted and weak.” The lack of government intervention within the New Deal’s programs, such as the AAA, allowed Roosevelt to continue the destruction of soil. Broken sod and power farming put the nation into a time of anguish leading up to the Dust Bowl. This displays one example of the absence of guidance from the government; the mindset by