Criticisms of the New Deal
5th from right
Against socialism; these welfare programs would make people dependent on the gov't
3rd from right
The 1932 Wagner Act allowed workers to organize into unions
1st criticism from the left
FDR had to agree to too many compromises for political power. Couldn't end segregation.
4th from left
FDR should have spent more $ to fix the economy/Depression
2nd from right
FDR was a traitor to his social class. Worried about wealth distribution.
1st criticism from right
Fed. gov't bureaucracy was incompetent, untrustworthy and would infringe on local and state gov't
what economic view did Zinn have?
Marxist
5th from left
Policies helped big businesses and big farmers, but not smaller tenant farmers (AAA and NRA)
3rd from left
Policies reinforced class and racial discrimination (ccc and tva)
4th from right
The 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act that regulated min. wage/max. work hours
6th from right
The NRA and AAA both ruled unconstitutional; they ruled that the fed. gov't had no right to regulate commerce/farming as much as agencies did
2nd from left
The New Deal "relief and reform" only preserved capitalism. Didn't change the unequal distribution of wealth.