How Did The New Deal Stabilize The Economy

Before Roosevelt was elected, the U.S. was going through an economic crisis and many Americans were unemployed. Now as the President, he was on a mission to help stabilize the economy and help those who were unemployed get jobs. Therefore, created the “New Deal,” which were a set of policies grouped together to help Relief, Recovery, and Reform the effects of The Great Depression. The New Deal involved the government to regulate markets and increased its power to interact with the public welfare. This plan of Roosevelt, helped citizens get back to work and to an extent helped boost the economy. However, the New Deal had its downfalls as well. The standard of living wages were increasingly low to even support many of the worker’s family. Semi skilled workers averaged out at least $7- $10 per week which was lower than the wage of a common laborer. Most of them who were colored people, were scared to voice out their grievances because they were scared to lose their only job. Among the low wages, the average American worked ten hours a day with unsanitary working conditions. For instance, workers at factories handle discarded rags, and were too tired to …show more content…
One being that he believed that the people were being “shackled far worse” than slaves because of the debt imposed on them. He described this as a new form of “slavery” that was condemned on Americans. His idea was that those who were wealthy should distribute their money so that the average American at least earned $5,000 income.Another problem that arose was, many were upset that old people were getting pensions for not even working while, children suffered from not having “good lunches.” Also angered by the fact that they lived in better houses and spent their money on booze and tobacco. Minnie Hardin describes them as “old sots” and explains that some people even take advantage of the aid given to them, such as child