The Critics of the New Deal

By elisechristina

  • Left Side Criticizes the New Deal

    FDR recieved heavy criticism from the left side, which included the communist, socialist, and republican parties.

  • Dr. Francis Townsend

    Francis E. Townsend proposes that the elderly retire and pass their jobs onto younger generations. In addition, Townsend proposes that the governement pay retirees $200 a month. His ideas gain a lot of support but are not passed by Congress.

  • Father Charles Coughlin

    Charles E. Coughlin was a Catholic priest who broadcasted his sermons over the radio. Coughlin criticized Roosevelt's New Deal and established his own organization, the National Union for Social Justice, in 1934.

  • American Liberty League

    A conservative group who claimed that the New Deal restricted the democratically guaranteed freedoms to earn/save money and acquire property.

  • Huey Long "The Kingfish"

    Louisiana Senator, Huey Long, proposed an alternative to the new Deal, the "Share Our Wealth Plan." The motto of Huey's plan was "Every Man a King," as it would tax the wealthy would to redistribute wealth to the poor. His plan also aimed to double annual workers wages.

  • The Supreme Court Finds New Deal Programs Unconstitutional

    The U.S. Supreme Court finds many of the acts and agencies created under the New Deal unconstitutional. All programs that were established by the National Recovery Act are voided.

  • Criticism of the New Deal Dies Out

    Franklin D. Rosevelt had many critics but none of their programs were ever adopted. FDR remained very popular with the American puplic and his critics eventually gave up.