Honors Blog 2

This being the record breaking economic downfall of all time, I understand that this must be an incredibly stressful time for you, Mr. President. I advise you follow in Roosevelt’s footsteps and do as he did in the great depression during the early nineteen hundreds. One thing that really worked for him is always taking into consideration the ideas of his advisers. Before he was even president in 1931, he worked with Frances Perkins, industrial commissioner, and Harry Hopkins, his chief diplomatic adviser to being a direct work relief program. They lived in desperate times where the unemployment rate had gone up to 50 percent in some states. Even so, This program did not help much. But you know all of this of course. What I suggest you take from this experience is that it is important to take into consideration the ideas of others whom have your respect and admiration because one person alone cannot run a country. This is not a monarchy, and you need to use your relationship with congress and American society to make better decisions for your people. You will find out what it is exactly that they need and you will be able to have what you need in your bills due to your connections with congress. During “the one hundred days” it is said that all the important bills Roosevelt proposed were enacted by Congress. It is also important to remember that you are not running this country alone and that we are not nomads who are not feeling any of this recession's effects. You should do as Roosevelt did when he would broadcast over the radio to the American people. He spoke on a variety of topics to inform Americans and exhort them to support his domestic agenda. You must keep your citizens informed at all times. It is understandable that you are a very busy and a very important man and may not always be able to attend interviews where you have the opportunity to explain what is going on in the country we live in and what the plans are to get us out of these problems, but you should not be the only one who is informed of what is going on, and there are many ways that you can let the people know what they deserve to know. Another thing I believe is crucial is faith in yourself and your ideas, as well as the ideas of others. Things had been so bad in the great depression that the citizens did not even care that the president had no idea what would be of the new deal, which was a “series of economic programs in the United States between 1933 and 1936.” He believed in his ideas and though many of the laws that were passed during these year were later declared unconstitutional or abolished, it worked for the country and got us where we are today. It is important to remember to never carry the whole burden alone.

http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2008/01/17/the-new-deal-sealed-the-deal.html

http://www.nps.gov/archive/elro/glossary/great-depression.htm

http://www.angelfire.com/oh4/newdeal/