Teddy Roosevelt sides with Bernie against modern plutocrat Republicans

[Craig234]

You are easily duped. Ever wonder why it is always these very rich upper crust types who rail against the estate tax AFTER they have achieved their wealth?

It is a ruse to make you think they care about you while they are merely imposing barriers to entry to the wealth attainment.

Liberals are so stupid. On one hand they rail against “the evil rich” yet slobber all over themeslves when rich people lie to them about wanting to pay higher taxes

That is utter idiocy. It'd be like saying Mexico started WWII.

Goes to show, our public education system is failing some people - were you homeschooled?

[Craig234]

Concur.
Teddy Roosevelt is easily within the top five presidents, and his progressive legacy plants him firmly in the liberal tradition.

To me it was always striking that Ronald Reagan choose Calvin Coolidge for the official white house portrait on display. Not Teddy Roosevelt. Not Lincoln. Not Eisenhower.

Freakin' Calvin Coolidge.

The party of Ronald Reagan looks with disdain on progressive republicans, and idolized the lassaize-faire law of the jungle capitalism epitomized metaphorically by Coolidge.

There you have it folks. Lincoln, Eisenhower, and T.R. are mortal enemies of today's movement conservatives, Trumpettes, and other assorted and sundry teabaggers. Basically, the best Republican presidents ever have been rejected by conservatives in their own party. It is just freakishly weird, when you think about it!

And Eisenhower is seriously overrated as a president. We'd have done a lot better with Adlai Stevenson.

[Craig234]

Roosevelt was a the "trust buster'. he fought to keep America fair for all. He installed the estate tax warning us that money passed on through generations was a threat to the American system. He was very wealthy.

He was right then and he's right now. We need to greatly increase the estate tax for the benefit of everyone.

[Nordberg]

teddy was an american ho saw that not reining in the corporations and the wealthy was a serious threat to the country itself. He was a trust buster breaking up monopolies. He started the estate tax to slow down the growth of fabulous fortunes because he saw generational wealth would confiscate more wealth and power , then more wealth and power in the future. They were a threat to the system too. If you cared about America, you would be backing teddy.

[Craig234]

teddy was an american ho saw that not reining in the corporations and the wealthy was a serious threat to the country itself. He was a trust buster breaking up monopolies. He started the estate tax to slow down the growth of fabulous fortunes because he saw generational wealth would confiscate more wealth and power , then more wealth and power in the future. They were a threat to the system too. If you cared about America, you would be backing teddy.

Well said.

And far truer today than then.

[Minister of Truth]

And Eisenhower is seriously overrated as a president. We'd have done a lot better with Adlai Stevenson.

Well, Adlai was beloved by the Yellow Dogs, anyway.

[Mr.Badguy]

As someone who enjoys cooked meats of various animals, I thank Teddy Roosevelt for his part in imposing quality standards upon the meat industry.

[PostmodernProphet]

Concur.
Teddy Roosevelt is easily within the top five presidents, and his progressive legacy plants him firmly in the liberal tradition.

let's be honest......if Teddy had met one of today's lib'ruls he likely would have shot him.......

[Craig234]

let's be honest......if Teddy had met one of today's lib'ruls he likely would have shot him.......

Teddy would shoot almost anything, but he'd shoot today's Republicans long before he shot today's liberals. Today's Republicans he would utterly despise.