From: steven@guava.net.com (Steve Nelson)
Subject: Re: THE CLINTON CABINET
Organization: Network Equipment Technologies
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 19:08:03 GMT

In article <1992Dec14.065910.3158@news.columbia.edu> dnm9@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (David Neal Messina) writes:
>In article <1992Dec14.005002.1365@unet.net.com> steven@guava.net.com (Steve Nelson) writes:


>>the successes of the New Deal, the Fair Deal, the New Frontier and the 
>>Great Society.  Before each of those administrations, conservatives were
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>Two, that, the fundamental ideological thrust on which these plans are
>based have little historical success or logical consistency.  The
>plans you cite above as successful are, I contend, simply not.  
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>Care to disagree?  Bring in some data that reports the success of
>these plans.  The above responses to your point are sketchy as
>well--it would do well to present further, detailed arguments to
>support the assertions on either side.
>David
>dnm9@columbia.edu

Here are some examples of what I consider to be the successes of the 
plans mentioned above:


NEW DEAL:


Glass - Steagall Act (June 1933) - Created Federal Deposit Insurance
		  Corporation which guaranteed bank deposits up to a maximun
		  dollar amount for single investors.

Banking Act of 1935 - Empowered the Federal Reserve Board to regulate
		  interest rates, so there would be some stability to the rates.

Securites Exchange Act (June 1934) - Created Securities Exchange
          Commission which required registration of all securties traded 
		  on stock exchanges.

National Recovery Act (June 1933) - Reduced child labor.  Made
         collective bargaining a national policy. (section 7(a) of NIRA).

Tennesse Valley Authority (May 1933) - Built 16 new dams and took over
		 five others which generated electric power for over 400,000
		 users, many were rural and had not previously had
		 electricty.

Social Security Act (August 1935) - Provided pensions for citizens over
		 age 65, who had contirbuted to plan.

National Labor Relations Act (July 1935) - Prohibited employer
         interference with union organizing.

Federal Housing Administration (June 1934) - Created to lend money
         mainly to middle income families to repair old homes or build 
		 new ones.

Fair Labor Standards Act (June 1938) - Created minimum wage and 40
		 hour work week.  Mandated time and a half for overtime.



FAIR DEAL:


Servicemen's Readjustment Act (GI Bill of Rights) (June 1944) - Provided
		 $13.5 billion for education and vocational training of 
		 veterans.

Atomic Energy Commission (August 1946) - Created to promote private
		 and government research into peaceful and military uses of
		 atomic energy.

Maximum Employment Act (February 1946) - Created Council of Economic
		 Advisers to keep Presedent informed on econonmic trends and
		 on proper public measures to soften business downsizing and
		 to sustain business prosperity.

Execute Order (July 1948) issued by Harry Truman eliminating segregation
		in the aremed services.


NEW FRONTIER:


Space Program (May 1961) - Allocated over $5 billion dollars anually to
	   space program and met goal of landing a man on the moon and
	   returning him safely to earth by end of the decade.

Peace Corps (July 1961) - Helped underdeveloped countries by having young men
	   and women volunteer their technical skills toward developing
	   a foundation for industrialization of those countries.

Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Kennedy's legistlation that Johnson passed) -
       Protected voting rights, opened access for all races to public
	   faciclities, and insured equal job opportunities for all.


GREAT SOCIETY:


Elemetary and Secondary Education Act (April 1965) - Created and
       provided funding for Head Start, School Lunch, and other 
	   public school programs.

Medicare (July 1965) - Provided hospital insurance and other medical
	   services for all Americans over the age of 65.

Department of Housing and Urban Affairs (1965) - now HUD - Raised to
	   Cabinet level post to give President visibility on conditions
	   of cities.

Department of Transportation (1966) - Created to provided safety
	   guidelines for automobiles, tires and other transportion
	   related issues.



Reasonable people may differ on the relative success of specific pieces
of the above mentioned programs, but, I think, on balance, these
programs have made our country a better place to work and live because
of their implementation and the results they have achieved.


Steve