Wealthy business leaders opposed the New Deal because they disliked paying social security contributions and resented the Wagner Act of 1935, which gave unions more power., Critics attacked the “soak the rich” tax, accusing Roosevelt of betraying his own social class and undermining capitalist principles like low taxes and minimal government interference., The Republican Party claimed the New Deal would increase government spending, raise taxes, expand bureaucracy, and centralise power in Washington, D.C., The Supreme Court, with its conservative majority until 1936, struck down several New Deal laws, including the National Recovery Administration and the Agricultural Adjustment Act.,

Opposition to the New Deal

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