Roosevelt, The Best President
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Franklin D. Roosevelt
helenawtry — 21 years ago(August 10, 2004 12:54 PM)
Thanks to Franklin Delano Roosvelt. He was the best president of the U.S.A. in century XX. Thanks in the name of the humblest people and the working-class. Thanks, sincerely
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MakoNagavatsky — 21 years ago(September 08, 2004 07:29 PM)
Mako Nagavatsky, 50% Russian, 50% Japanese, 100% American.
Forget Eisenhower! FDR will always be the best, getting America through the Depression AND World War 2. It's almost crazy coming from me, because I'm half Japanese, and I have relatives who were in the internment camps. My whole family still agrees he's the best of the 20th Century!
17nth: Washington.
19nth: Lincoln.
20th: FDR.
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FireMarshallStev — 20 years ago(May 06, 2005 06:51 PM)
Mmmmm, yes the New Deal, is that what your history teacher led you to believe?
Yeah never mind the foundation he masoned for a socialist america, the one that is a burden to the economy, a punishment for hard work, and a harbinger of the mentality that "we're the government and we're here to
help
you". Oh here please take my paycheck and use it to fund worthless welfare and to subsidize failing industry. You tell me when to take a beep and I will.
Ever heard of something called WWII? Then you would've heard of the massive industrial growth that pulled America from the Great Depression. The one that made America's economy one of the best in the world. It wasn't because some guy got employed by the government to build a dam or rake some leaves.
Don't like Bush's defecit? Well you can thank FDR for starting the tradition of defecit spending. Supreme court? beep them. This is the executive branch for christs sake and if you dont agree with me, I'll just pack the court with my friends untill you do.
I rank this guy down low with Wilson, and Nixon, and Lincoln, and Bush. Maybe Reagan the traitor too.
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tth0r — 20 years ago(May 06, 2005 09:23 PM)
Come on man, FDR is the only reason socialism or fascism didn't rule the day in America. In short if you like capitalism you like FDR. He saved the whole system. If you prefer socialism or fascism he's not your man.
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FireMarshallStev — 20 years ago(May 06, 2005 10:07 PM)
i think you need to look up socialism in the dicitonary
FDR spent most money on "swing states", very little went to the south where it was needed most
the NRA (national recovery administration) set prices for goods at above market value. If that's111c not socialism then I dont know what is
FDRs bank branch restrictions caused 90% of bank failures. He broke up the strongest banks that diversified in commercial and invesment banking. Canada had virtually no branch regulations and they didn't have a single bank failure
Federal taxes tripled. People had less money to spend. Excise taxes especially hurt the poor.
Employers desperately needed to raise capital but the SEC put tough restrictions on the stock market
the TVA monopoly dispossesed thousands without compensation and flooded hundreds of thousands of acres. Non-TVA states grew faster than TVA states
I like capitalism because the private industry saved America from the Great Depression
Its funny that in my history textbook that it mentions all of the new deal programs and what their purpose was. And then they present two opposing views: Three pages on people who wanted more socialism and a few sentences on groups who wanted more capitalism
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saint_pat — 20 years ago(November 07, 2005 03:22 PM)
"the NRA (national recovery administration) set prices for goods at above market value. If that's not socialism then I don't know what is."
The national recovery administration gave workers the right to join labor unions and helped ensure wages rose alongside industrial growth. This was extremely beneficial for both workers and businesses alike.
"FDR's bank branch restrictions caused 90% of bank failures."
I'd like to know what links you're using to support these claims. All the studies I've read show that bank failures virtually ended under FDR and that bank depositing soared.
"Federal taxes tripled."
Only on the major corporations and wealthiest segments of society.
"People had less money to spend."
Nonsense. All studies show that consumer spending went up under FDR. Tha5b4nks to wage and price regulation and labor bartering, lower income Americans actually had MORE money to spend.
"I like capitalism because the private industry saved America from the Great Depression."
Completely untrue. The private industry was failing until FDR took over. Barring a brief relapse in '37, the economy steadily grew under FDR. Even Republicans don't deny that. And it was government reinforcement of industry during WW2 that saved America from the Great Depression.
The New Deal was not a total success, but it was far from a failure. Wages did increase and unemployment did drop (from 25% in 1933 to 17% in 1939). -
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coxm-1 — 20 years ago(March 22, 2006 08:37 AM)
FDR saved this country - TWICE! He pulled us out of the depression; and he was smarted enough to win WWII. What tth0r said is very true. It's only the modern day conservative radio twits, and their blind disciples, that have been saying this socialism crap about FDR. If he was so bad for America, why did Americans elect him to four terms as President?
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keeleboy — 18 years ago(June 02, 2007 03:14 PM)
Fair enough point, but at least FDR didn't wait too long to join the war against the Nazis. Without the great help the US offered in 1942 then maybe Europe would be a different place. Roosevelt (after extracting benefits for the US) at least helped the war effor well before Wilson decided that Kaiser Wilhelm was a menace
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YodaFan465 — 20 years ago(May 08, 2005 04:06 PM)
FDR a great person? I think not. He didn't get us out of the Depression as he promised, and he dragged us into a World War. Even before Pearl Harbor, he was selling weapons to the belligerents and "conquering" places like Iceland and Newfoundland.
He even sent troops into the Philippines to "watch" the Japanese. If we had no intention of getting into the war (he always pledged to stay neutral, despite engaging in the Atlantic Charter), why was my great-uncle forced into combat with the Japanese before Pearl Harbor? Because of FDR, my great-uncle Frank Yonan (look him up if you don't believe me) had to 2000spend 3+ years in a Japanese prison camp. Ever hear of the Bataan Death March? My great-uncle was there, and it was FDR's fault. We shouldn't have been in Manila before Pearl Harbor.
Another note, FDR did nothing to free the Bataan prisoners. I believe that they received a total of 2 Red Cross care packages, but I KNOW that Uncle Frank had to free himself from the camps. MacArthur, who abandoned his troops, didn't come to liberate our boys from Bataan.
FDR a great person? I think not.
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Balberith — 20 years ago(August 25, 2005 09:56 PM)
Well by the time the Yalta conference took place in February of 1945 Roosevelt was pretty much senile. His worst moment by far was putting Japanese Americans in internment camps without the apporval of congress.
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Idocamstuf — 20 years ago(September 11, 2005 07:53 PM)
FDR was at the very least the best president of the twentieth century. He brought America hope during one of the darkest periods in our history. Not to mention his programs that created millions of jobs for hard working Americans, and his creation of social security in 1935. We need more presidents like FDR, somebody with the true integrity to fight for the average hard working American and not back down. FDR will always be my picture of how a true American president should be.
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manny535 — 20 years ago(September 17, 2005 07:19 PM)
FDR was the best presidents of the 20th Century. He championed the common man and restored hope the nation. For the time being, the entire country decided that he was the savior. But like all men, his public charm masked his private struggles.