Compare and contrast the criticisms of the New Deal by conservatives and the political left. Which do you agree with, the conservatives, the left, or the New Dealers themselves? Why?
What will be an ideal response?
Conservatives charged President Roosevelt with usurping too much power into the hands of the president and the federal government. They hated the New Deal's deficit spending and its expanding bureaucracy. The left thought the New Deal did not go far enough in redistributing wealth, providing for the needy, or reforming the system.
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