The Second New Deal not done
After the first New Deal, President Franklin D. Roosevelt started a “Newer” New Deal known
as the Second New Deal. Historians thought the Second New Deal was more liberal and more controversial than the First New Deal. The Second New Deal included these topics: Social Security Actions, Labor Relations, Works Progress Administration, Tax policy and Housing Act of 1937.
Until 1935 there were few states that had old age insurance laws and there was no money to ensure the elderly. Even the work programs of the "First New Deal" were just meant as immediate relief. The Social Security Act established a permanent system of universal retirement pensions, unemployment insurance, and welfare benefits for the handicapped and needy children in families without a father present.
The National Labor Relations Act of 1935, also known as the Wagner Act, finally guaranteed workers the rights to collective bargaining through unions of their own choice. The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 set a maximum labor amount of 44 hours per week and minimum wage was set to 25 cents per hour for most categories of workers. Child labour of children under the age of 16 was forbidden, and children under 18 years were forbidden to work in any hazardous employment. As a result, 300,000 people's wages were increased and the hours of labor for 1.3 million people were reduced.
Roosevelt nationalized unemployment relief through the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which he thought was a long-term beneficiary. The Works Progress Administration was created to return the unemployed to the work force.
In 1935, Roosevelt called for a tax program called the Wealth Tax Act (Revenue Act of 1935) to redistribute wealth. The bill imposed an income tax of 79% on incomes over $5 million. A tax called the undistributed profits tax was enacted in 1936. This time the primary purpose was revenue, since Congress had enacted the Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, calling for payments of $2 billion to World War I veterans.
The United States Housing Act of 1937 created the United States Housing Authority within the U.S. Department of the Interior. It was one of the last New Deal agencies created. The bill passed in 1937 with some Republican support to abolish slums.