Reply #18: FDR made it very clear that his goal was to save the Capitalist Class from it's own screw-ups.

[Odin2005]

This is something us Left-Libertarians have said for a long time. The New Deal was, in fact, the establishment of Corporatism, the Welfare State is simply a bribe to keep us from overthrowing the system.

Much of our safety and health regulation are, in fact, designed to destroy small business, the safety and health improvements are simply cover for the real purpose.