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[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by icenine

Oh yeah Wilson...wasn't he the the Federal Reserve and national graduated income tax guy?

get over it tea party low info types!

I think he was also the League of Nation President and most of all he wanted to bust the looming concentrations in financial institutions but got distracted by WW1.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

I think he was also the League of Nation President and most of all he wanted to bust the looming concentrations in financial institutions but got distracted by WW1.

I thought that was Rooosevelt?

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by bobabode

I thought that was Rooosevelt?

Theodore Roosevelt attempted some trust busting until he was stymied by the Supreme Court "Rule Of Reason".

Woodrow Wilson campaigned vociferously against the looming concentration of financial power. He was deflected by WW1

A read of FDR famous "Commonwealth Club Address(1932)" is instructive.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Theodore Roosevelt attempted some trust busting until he was stymied by the Supreme Court "Rule Of Reason".

Woodrow Wilson campaigned vociferously against the looming concentration of financial power. He was deflected by WW1

A read of FDR famous "Commonwealth Club Address(1932)" is instructive.

Is that the one where he welcomed their hatred?

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Is that the one where he welcomed their hatred?

No, that was a 1936 campaign speech. Very effective, too.

Dave

[icenine]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

I think he was also the League of Nation President and most of all he wanted to bust the looming concentrations in financial institutions but got distracted by WW1.

Actually bro he wanted America to join it but faced opposition from Senate isolationsists...the consensus is that because Wilson refused to compromise with the Senate (IIRC Taft Republicans? It has been awhile since college) we never joined the League and thus it was way weaker without us and could not stop Hitler later on. Wilson was so above compromise he deep sixed the League even though he wanted us to join it.

Wilson was also very traditionally old Democratic in regards to the apatheid existing in the South at the time. His lillywhite policy of not interfering with Jim Crow gave him the support of the Southern states during his election campaigns.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by icenine

Actually bro he wanted America to join it but faced opposition from Senate isolationsists...the consensus is that because Wilson refused to compromise with the Senate (IIRC Taft Republicans? It has been awhile since college) we never joined the League and thus it was way weaker without us and could not stop Hitler later on. Wilson was so above compromise he deep sixed the League even though he wanted us to join it.

Wilson was also very traditionally old Democratic in regards to the apatheid existing in the South at the time. His lillywhite policy of not interfering with Jim Crow gave him the support of the Southern states during his election campaigns.

Amazing, how racism is still used as a political tool after all of these years, isn't it?

Dave

[icenine]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Amazing, how racism is still used as a political tool after all of these years, isn't it?

Dave

Yes....although we have made great progress as a nation since then.....not perfect but great. The recent effort at voter suppression indeed effects people of color,even though the effort behind it may not be targeting skin color but rather what party a group is perceived to belong to. The terrible outcome and negative impact on our nation is the same however.

Presidents are a product of their times...the truly great ones.... Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt,FDR.....break the paradigm...or even just crack it.