For example, the AAA destroyed food when people were hungry and only helped farm owners better off, not farm workers. The CCC was paid very little and was not compulsory. The TVA flooded some farmland and the PWA/WPA provided some jobs that were described as wasteful. For example, balloons to scare pigeons or sweep leaves. Right-wing critics said he went too far in interfering with people's lives and hated rising taxes and government policies. While left-wing critics argue that not enough has been done for the poor. Roosevelt gave too much power to the federal government and the presidency. The federal government was becoming directly involved in areas that had traditionally been handled by state governments. For the economy, the New Deal provided only short-term solutions and did not solve the underlying economic problems. The U.S. economy also took longer to recover than those of most European countries. When Roosevelt reduced the New Deal budget in 1937, the country returned to normality