How did hoover try to use the government to end the depression?

He broke with Republicans and did away with the taxes that had been placed on citizens during the Coolidge administration. He thought that would allow for more income being spent to help the economy rebound. He spent $500 mill a year on programs to build or improve gov properties. The most famous was the Hoover Dam. Congress established the Reconstruction Finance Corporation which created an agency to help banks, railroads, and other key business thus helping the economy. All of these could not stem the tide of the economic collapse. Hoover believed in a balanced budget and not pumping gov money into the economy.