President Eisenhower’s Modern Republicanism was more modest than traditional Republican Party, which sought to eliminate New Deal programs and roll back government regulation of the economy. Eisenhower saw things differently, he feared that eliminating new deal programs would be disastrous. He wanted to preserve individual freedom and the economy while ensuring that government would provide needed assistance to the elderly and workers who had lost their jobs. Eisenhower believed that government should provide some additional benefits to the American people. Not only did Eisenhower support basic principles of the New Deal Coalition he expanded and legitimized it. He signed a bill that expanded Social Security, increased the minimum wage, education
