New Deal Essay Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal legislation attacked the issue of the Great Depression in three ways: relief, recovery, and reform. The relief laws were intended to provide immediate aid to the millions of people who were unemployed or struggling to survive. These were often government-subsidized programs that saved many people from near starvation. Since Herbert Hoover rejected the idea of ​​distributing government money to the people, many were on the brink of total failure when Roosevelt intervened. Thus, New Deal relief laws are often seen as successful. But the government couldn't afford to keep these programs in place forever. So he had to find a way to get the economy back on its feet. The stimulus legislation did just that, but its success was in vain and took a long time to take effect. As a result, this area of ​​the New Deal is considered the least productive element and is often the main criticism of the legislation. In short, relief succeeded in solving the immediate problems of the Great Depression and recovery failed to solve long-term economic problems....