The New Deal Programs

Imagine you have one thousand acres of land producing wheat or cotton, and then all of a sudden, the government announces you must plow a third of all your produce, and that the government will pay you for it. One can safely assume that a lot of people were very skeptical about this New Deal. Depending on what side you are looking from, the New Deal programs were an undeniable failure, or extremely beneficial. Some people weren’t sure if they could trust the government to follow through, or even speak the truth; some farmers thought the government were lying through their teeth solely for their own monetary gains. Similarly, bankers and insurance companies were essentially already at the door of every farmer, claiming they owe money. What happened in these times created motivation to set a foundation the agricultural system can rely on, and to provide sustenance for future generations. Even though the New Deal programs were designed to reform the lives of rural Americans, the application of these programs were poorly executed during the first few years; however,
It was a struggle in the beginning, there was no commerce, and farmers were almost run out of their houses, but they managed to plow through it. The rural Americans who carried on through the tough times are some of the bravest people out there, and I know I would not have been able to experience what they went through and live to tell about it. Even though there was a lot of controversy among the programs in the New Deal, we can’t deny that there was some good out of all of it. In the end, the programs weren’t necessarily all that helpful for the rural Americans in the beginning, but the proceedings after the New Deal programs definitely influenced the rural American’s life in a positive way. The programs that were enacted back then still influence our daily lives today, and will for many