It's really hard to pick one president on his accomplishments unless you are familiar with the majority of their Congress that they had to work with during their term. The president I picked isn't on the list provided. I chose Andrew Jackson because he hated debt and made it a deliberate policy to pay off the national debt entirely -- and succeeded in doing so. He was a Jeffersonian through and through and the smaller the government the better. Ironically he was the father of the modern Democrat party. My how things have changed.
Booth every president listed in this poll has something one could make the case was wrong from Washington to Obama. I think you are confusing wildcat banks with pet banks. Pet banks was a term used to describe banks set up in states with the surplus that Jackson acquired after paying off the debt and vetoing every spending bill that came across his desk. Jackson's distrust of the national banking system (which he claimed to be unconstitutional) began a bank war. Jackson cited four reasons for vetoing the recharter, each degrading the Second Bank of the United States in claims of it holding an exorbitant amount of power.He also spearheaded the systematic extermination of American Indians, started the great political tradition in America known as the "spoils system," where cronyism is encouraged as never before in our nation's history, and also applied this system to our banking system. These were known as "pet banks."
Booth every president listed in this poll has something one could make the case was wrong from Washington to Obama. I think you are confusing wildcat banks with pet banks. Pet banks was a term used to describe banks set up in states with the surplus that Jackson acquired after paying off the debt and vetoing every spending bill that came across his desk. Jackson's distrust of the national banking system (which he claimed to be unconstitutional) began a bank war. Jackson cited four reasons for vetoing the recharter, each degrading the Second Bank of the United States in claims of it holding an exorbitant amount of power.
I'm just saying, Jackson did a lot more that could be considered wrong than many of the presidents in the list. I think Wilson, Lincoln, and Raegan have the most strikes against them for some partisan individual's opinions, but they didn't give people smallpox-covered blankets. I admit, you did refute one of my points quite well. I withdraw my point about pet banks. However, you didn't address the Indian Removal (which also defied a Supreme Court decision) or Spoils System.
I agree that he did well on government spending. But, like with Woodrow Wilson, there's too many wrongs he did for his name to even belong on this list.
George Washington, the amount of power that guy could have had and instead left it all is sign of probably the greatest president of all.
Keep in mind the "New Deal" that was Roosevelt's hall mark domestic policy.
Yeah I like how many Republicans say FDR should be scorned, but have no problem enjoying Social Security. When I see a Republican scorn FDR and NOT accept social security, then I will be impressed with that person.
Μολὼν λαβέ;1063454960 said:Why would someone who worked 40+ years not take back some of the money they paid in FICA taxes? :doh
And that is why they are hypocrites. They complain about a system they take part of willingly.
And that is why they are hypocrites. They complain about a system they take part of willingly.
I picked Reagan, but there are others I would consider:
Eisenhower
McKinley
Jefferson (I know he's on the list)
Seriously? Ronald "My heart wants to believe that I didn't lie to the America people, but the facts say otherwise" Reagan?
At least he had the balls to admit it.
That's admitting it?
"The facts say otherwise". Yes, that's admitting it. Do you not understand the other part? He never felt he was, in his heart, because he felt he was doing the right thing; nonetheless, he admits it.
Every president has lied to the American people about one thing or another (some with better intentions than others). He had the integrity to admit it.
Saying in your heart, you want to believe you didn't lie to the American people is not admitting it....
And that is why they are hypocrites. They complain about a system they take part of willingly.
I think Mount Rushmore pretty much sums it up for me.
Though I do love Eisenhower's interstates .
Yep, back when people understood that great nations have state of the art infrastructure...
There was a time when Indian casinos wouldn't take $20 bills .
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