did the new deal do too much or too little to provide for the social welfare of americans?

Question

Not sure what to argue in my essay, just lookin for some help

Answer 1

The new deal was an effort of love and it extends itself all the way to this day an age, for the good of Americans.

FDR was trying to save a nation and he did one hell of a good job.

Answer 2

The abuses came after the New Deal years.

Social Security Insurance became a retirement program (blame businesses that no longer provided pensions and paid too little to accumulate savings) then a cash cow for everything else until Reagan dissolved the fund and your contributions became a tax going into the general fund where it was more easily stolen.

The ides of entitlements is an abuse that developed slowly using other tax give-aways (largest to Cargill Corp. which is "entitled"to more money each year than all welfare programs combined because they advertise in foreign countries... called an incentive payment)

FDR probably did too little since he did not put the teeth his cousin Teddy would have wanted in the laws which would have prevented the corporate raping of the people that has become worse every year since.

Answer 3

You can argue both ways but really it did not do enough because African Americans were left out and if one falls the whole nation falls so you cant leave somethings out. It also just prolonged the depression. So it gave people hope but it is your dessition is hope the way to solve a depression. It had never happened before but that does not mean it could not be solved.

Answer 4

During the Great Depression era the WPA saved the Country by creating jobs and income for otherwise destitute Americans. In the 1920's There were no social programs to help the needy. (Watch the movie, "Grapes of Wrath" with Jimmy Stewart) Several huge Government work projects were completed, (Boulder/Hoover Dam for one) and hundreds of thousands of people were back to work. Once the program wasn't needed, it should have been abolished, but was changed to Social Security. SS was good until the politicians and unions found ways of corrupting it and skimming off huge amounts of money. Today, unless the politicians fix the rip-off, your kids will not have SS as we know it.

Answer 5

Nkroadkap is partly right. As it first started it wasn't too much, but it did open the door for later politicians to blow it way out of proportion. Entitlement mentality is an understatement, but not sure how to express it better.

Answer 6

Too much - created an "entitlement" mentality -

Disagree? Try and change social security for those 40 and under and see how much hell the AARP and baby boomers cry bloody murder!