New Deal

America’s most difficult times in the workplace were faced during the Great Depression era which included about five years of suffering. It was the people such as Franklin Delano Roosevelt who got America out of the rough times and back on track. The Great Depression was a times when America went into recession. The economy was “unbalanced” meaning that there was too much production and not enough consumption. Therefore, people had to be laid off, wages had to be lowered, and tax prices needed to be altered. The New Deal was and act put in place to fix this imbalance and get the economy back to the way it was. The New Deals goal was to create the best balance “among all producing segments- agriculture, capital, industry, workers in the industry, the services, and the segment engaged in transportation and distribution, there would be almost no limit to our consuming capacity”. It is common knowledge that perfection is impossible, but the New Deal suggested that everything such as “all administration and all popular effort must be directed toward that goal instead of away from that goal”. By working towards a common goal, collectively it would be easier to create a change. The New Deal was put in place when the world was virtually run by “individualism” (people working for themselves) because everything was chaos. There was the “let-us-alone” gang which fought against the government and wanted the individualism to continue on. However, it was quickly realized that the government was the only group that could help get the people out of this tough situation, so the “let-us-along” gang quickly turned around during 1921 and 1929 and “became the guiding principle of government administration”. The nation finally recognized the only way to get out of their situation was if they worked together. Therefore, with the help of the New Deal, the government, the “let-us-alone” gang as well as the other people, balanced perfection was the goal people strived for; by doing so the nation was able to get back on track and put people back to work.