1. Costs and Benefits of Programs
FDR’s New Deal
Costs and Benefits of Programs

2. Alphabet Soup Programs
AAA SSA CCC
WPA TVA
REA

3. Benefits of Alphabet Agencies
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Subsidies to farmers to grow fewer crops and livestock
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Employed teachers, writers, artists to bring the arts to the public
Social Security Administration (SSA)
Provided pension to elderly and disabled so younger generation could work
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Preserved nature through state and national parks
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Employed civilians
Dammed Tennessee River for electricity

4. Costs of Alphabet Agencies
Government expanded permanently
Dependency on government
People depended on the government for income
Money
Spending money that wasn’t there resulted in budget deficits
Costs future generations via taxes

5. Some Agencies Are Shutdown…
FDR tried to “Pack the Supreme Court”
Tried to appoint 3 more justices
See the Upcoming Political Cartoons
What type of justices do you think he was trying to appoint?
Was this justified?