The New Deal gave the American public faith in the new government. The old government run by Herbert Hoover did nothing to help the American people recover from the depression so when Roosevelt came along with these ideas, the public were very welcoming towards them. The successes the government had in employment also gave the public more faith and trust with whatever the laws the government introduced. Some laws that were introduced and are still working today are old pensions and sick pay. The fact that they are still currently used proves that it is a system that was very efficient and worthwhile. It was thought by many that the New Deal 'saved' democracy.
On the other hand the New Deal experienced many failures through its life. The New Deal did not help everyone; blacks and farmers (who loaned their land) were not helped as if they were not important in the scheme of things. White people were offered jobs but blacks were not offered enough, some of the lucky ones were able to get involved with the unemployment schemes but many did not. Farmers who owned their own land were offered money to not grow produce and advised on how to make their farms better but farmers who loaned their land did not get a chance to receive any information.
The cost of the New Deal was a failure because millions of dollars were spent on wages for the WPA, loans to banks, money to farmers and money to buy blankets and builds soup kitchens for the poor. Although some of this was essential money was literally being thrown away. The New Deal cost too much for America to run successfully.
Although the unemployment figures went down slightly none of the workers were working or even being encouraged to work for the private industries. If the government encouraged workers to enrol with private companies they would not gain anything, as when the workers were working for them low pay could be given for extremely important buildings to be made. That means that they could easily get cheap labour. Another of the failures of the agencies was that they only provided temporary work, it gave families no stability during the depression. The unemployment rate remained very high until the war started. This shows that millions were still living in poverty.
To try and receive more money from the public Roosevelt increased the taxes but this just caused the rich (who were the only ones who could afford to pay tax) to start to dislike him. This was a failure because he was failing to accommodate all the needs of his people.
Roosevelt was not very successful at controlling the New Deal; he was changing the laws constantly showing no stability to the American public. He had too much control over them, he believed that he could do what he likes and when he likes. This attitude encouraged the opponents of Roosevelt to speak out, causing many people to reconsider their views. The growth of the opponents caused the New Deal to be rejected by Congress and by society. Their confidence in the New Deal was gone.
In conclusion I fully agree with the statement 'the New Deal was not a complete success' because as 1 have proved, there were many successes and failures that caused the New Deal to not work to its full advantage. 1 believe that to rid America of the problems it faced would be a huge task that no one at the time could have managed. Whatever Roosevelt did there was always someone that thought he was doing wrong, he could never win.