•Economic Criticisms

•Republicans' opposed deficit spending and direct relief programs

•They felt that New Deal interfered with the country's free-market economy

•Like the business community, they felt that the New Deal was an attack on free institutions

•Social Criticisms

•Republicans' believed that the New Deal diminished individual liberty

•They felt that the New Deal got the government way too involved in the lives of Americans

•Did not favor the repeal of prohibition

•Political Criticisms

•They feared the government was becoming too big

•They feared the President had too much power

Criticisms of the Republican Party