One thing you need to understand is
that when people say that the New
Deal saved the US during the depression,
they mean what they say. It wasn’t
about improving the lives of the
people by improving the economy.
The people impressed by FDR are
not impressed that he turned the
economy around because they know
he didn’t do that. When they
say that he helped Americans, they
mean that he saved more and more
people from what they think is
worse than poverty. They think
FDR made more people dependant
on GOVERNMENT, which is MUCH
more desirable in their eyes
than wealth. Well-off people
are dependent, in their mind,
on free enterprise, which they
think is slavery.
SO...
FDR helped Americans by making
them less free, which is bad
to the Left.