ss of the new government since March. But he “genuinely believed in the desirability of balanced budgets”(Barber, 18), and had too much expectation on the “self-regulation” of personal businesses. Because of these weaknesses, FDR received criticize from both left and right. That’s why he had to make a left turn in the second hundred days of the New Deal. From the analysis above, it is easy to find out the focal point of the criticism. The “big government” complaints, or government’s huge spending for reviving economic activity, all comes from the controversial idea of government interference. Some people believe such interference is the symbol of planned economy and even might have led America to the Communism. But when the free market wave went too far from its standard line, government interference was the only way to regulate the national economy back to norm. The government interference began at the time of Grangers, who asked for maximum shipping rates. It was fully emphasized by FDR in his New Deal to save the U.S. from the Great Depression. By 1936 most Americans recognized the New Deal as a tremendously important turning point in their nation’s history. The public held very strong opinions about FDR and his New Deal. Many millions of Americans loved FDR and vehemently defended the New Deal. Other Americans, far less numerous but usually better heeled, hated the President and his reforms idea. Although FDR and his New Deal received different criticizes of being autocratic, and led America to a wrong way, he carried out a new spirit. It is said that the central point of the New Deal, instead of treated as a political policy, was a spirit-based movement to encourage action in an unclear situation, and to build confidence in not being afraid to make mistakes. The economists wrote that New Deal had been a striking success. Mr. Roosevelt may have given the wrong answers to many of ...
