Most Historian Scholars agree it is 1-Lincoln, 2 (if Democrat) FDR, (if Republican) Washington. 3 (if Democrat) Washington, (if Republican) FDR.
I tend to think like most Scholars, with much proof in History, that FDR is the 2nd Best, based on what a President has done for the Country. (Wikki):"Roosevelt is consistently rated by scholars as one of the greatest U.S. Presidents." I have no reason to doubt them. BTW - if President Obama gives America Single-payer, Universal-Comprehensive, National Health Care, and in his 2nd Term, gives us the FDR 2nd Bill of Social and economic Rights, he will displace Washington as 3rd greatest President. It'll be harder to displace FDR and Lincoln.
And the bottom 5 include, bottom up; Andrew Johnson, Taft, Hoover, Bush II, Reagan. Bush was elected to keep Reagan from being alone in the bottom five, but what he did was push Carter to the 6th place.
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Joseph E. Bowker, CMSgt, US... 2010/06/06 17:11:00
He is lots nicer than Bush.
He outsourced all our industry and created todays unemployment. with NAFTA/GATT.
This is a very lucid explanation of GATT and what it id to us
http://video.google.com/video...
It's a post industrial world.
But look at how NAFTA/GATT worked out.
It turned out industry is still where the money is at for most people.
To me that's his single biggest failing-and it's big. It just took a while for the effects to hit. And the artifical housing boom helped mask things. But who besides Perot tried to stop it? Both parties were for NAFTA/GATT.
I would rate Clinton the smartest since Nixon. And the only one to try and reduce illegal immigration (despite Congressional interference). He averaged the lowest unemployment rate since Nixon.
he outsourced our industrial base.
we have 30 million unemployed
Our stimulus sparks production and hiring- in China.
Clinton was buddies w/Enron
by your hero's policies?
Its just economics.
He denied people free speech.
He fought secret wars.
He took liberty away.
this is a crtical review that presents the fuller story.
http://www.democraticundergro...
The great disaster was Calvin Coolidge. He and the Republicans put the USA back on the Gold standard in 1925. That caused the crash. Calvin was a very different president, interesting guy. He tried to make minimum wage unconstitutional.
Of them all, I'll go with Teddy Roosevelt.. Of the next one, I hope some day to say Ron Paul.
Let me return to your first statement, please: "...not have slaves like you see in the south", being written in the present tense would seem to indicate that slavery still exists in the south (no, I don't mean wage slavery; the current euphemism for that is Capitalism). I haven't traveled to all southern states, but I'm unaware of slavery (as outlawed by the 13th Amendement) existing within our country. Will National Geographic Television be doing a documentary on it soon?
Jefferson
Overall I think he handled things well considering how much was going on in this country during his Presidency.
I would have to give a handful that stand above the rest in my mind but to be fair many faced no win situations during their terms in office. I wouldn't want the job. My very short list that could easily been expanded.
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Ronald Reagan
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Carter asked him for a stable economy, and Volcker said he would give him price stability. Carter wanted people employed. He wanted to be re elected.
To get stable prices Volcker wanted high unemployment. He shorted the money supply right away (1979) and crashed the dollar, jacking up interest rates to halt job growth.
With Reagan he fought a little war. Reagan wanted people employed too. Reagan would cut taxes on the largest incomes to increase inverstment and job growth. Then Volcker would raise interest rates to stifle job growth and wages to offset the tax cuts.
The rich got richer, the poor poorer, as a side effect.
It was as bad as the Great Depression in some ways. Not as bad as today though. Whats different today is the massive federal extension of unemployment. Otherwise we would have millions homeless. We had 10% unemployed and 20% interest rates untill OPEC began to drop oil prices as the cartel broke up for a decde- or as some say Volcker whipped inflation- and he let the Fed begin to increase the money supply and allowed the 'Reagan Recovery" to happen.
I personally think inflation was the result of Opec's constant raising of oil priices. But the decison was to take away the purchasing power of the w...
Carter asked him for a stable economy, and Volcker said he would give him price stability. Carter wanted people employed. He wanted to be re elected.
To get stable prices Volcker wanted high unemployment. He shorted the money supply right away (1979) and crashed the dollar, jacking up interest rates to halt job growth.
With Reagan he fought a little war. Reagan wanted people employed too. Reagan would cut taxes on the largest incomes to increase inverstment and job growth. Then Volcker would raise interest rates to stifle job growth and wages to offset the tax cuts.
The rich got richer, the poor poorer, as a side effect.
It was as bad as the Great Depression in some ways. Not as bad as today though. Whats different today is the massive federal extension of unemployment. Otherwise we would have millions homeless. We had 10% unemployed and 20% interest rates untill OPEC began to drop oil prices as the cartel broke up for a decde- or as some say Volcker whipped inflation- and he let the Fed begin to increase the money supply and allowed the 'Reagan Recovery" to happen.
I personally think inflation was the result of Opec's constant raising of oil priices. But the decison was to take away the purchasing power of the working class to slow demand on goods and wages, and thats the way its been to this day.
Bless you too, and all of us.
It would be a great day if our system could take care of everybody.