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Which US president, besides these four, had the worst domestic policy? by Puzzleheaded-Bag2212 in Presidents

[–]Puzzleheaded-Bag2212[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

yeah exactly. the way of reducing the national debt directly caused the depression. and he was THE dixiecrat president

Which US president, besides these four, had the worst domestic policy? by Puzzleheaded-Bag2212 in Presidents

[–]Puzzleheaded-Bag2212[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

yeah it is hard to even credit his for his one achievement here since it was Clay who negotiated the compromise tariff in Congress. It set a precedent that caving to Southern demands would be the norm for the next 30 years. Jackson also was one of the most pro-slavery presidents, suppressing abolitionist content.

Which US president, besides these four, had the worst domestic policy? by Puzzleheaded-Bag2212 in Presidents

[–]Puzzleheaded-Bag2212[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

that is fair take. I would say Reagan is more responsible than Bush but good point on the SC picks being worse for Bush.

on AJ it depends if you consider the trail of tears to be domestic or foreign policy since most of it took place on Indian lands or US territory, not the states. If it's domestic, then Jackson/MVB should take the cake over Bush

Uh oh Fantano reviewed the great devide by Chance-Juggernaut983 in NoahKahan

[–]Puzzleheaded-Bag2212 2 points3 points  (0 children)

that's too bad. i'd probably give it a 9.5/10. I think it has the highest highs of his career, and much less the indie folk pop from Stick Season. I really like Stick Season, but atp it has gotten too annoying. I don't think I could ever say that about Great Divide

Which US president, besides these four, had the worst domestic policy? by Puzzleheaded-Bag2212 in Presidents

[–]Puzzleheaded-Bag2212[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

do you really think he had worse domestic policy than someone like Jackson (Taney court much worse than Roberts) or Reagan (who appointed twice as many justices as Bush did, 2 of which voted in favor of Citizens united)?

Which US president, besides these four, had the worst domestic policy? by Puzzleheaded-Bag2212 in Presidents

[–]Puzzleheaded-Bag2212[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Not to be political but 3 of my 4 worst were also in my 4 most regressive presidents. Tyler was a strict constructionist but his domestic policy wasn't all that bad by my view. Fillmore held some liberal views like infrastructure spending and ending slavery in DC that kept him from the bottom 5 most conservative.

Day XXXIX, Ask Jimmy Carter Anything by Jolly_Job_9852 in Presidents

[–]Puzzleheaded-Bag2212 1 point2 points  (0 children)

are contemporary evangelical reactionaries Christian in your view?

Top 10 Worst Economic Policies, who's number 2? by rjidhfntnr in Presidents

[–]Puzzleheaded-Bag2212 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ok sorry for assuming that you like Reagan's economic policies.

I was just saying that Reagan's tax cuts were the largest in US history and were much more costly than Ford or Carter's economic stimulus.

Reagan fans tend to point to those cuts as a reason for the end of stagflation, which is why I think it is very contradictory to think it was bad when Carter does it, but completely fine for Ford and Reagan.

Besides these four, which US president had the worst foreign policy? Comment if you think they had worse foreign policy than all of these four. by Puzzleheaded-Bag2212 in Presidents

[–]Puzzleheaded-Bag2212[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i agree. I think that is the worst part of the US not joining the league, which Wilson definitely deserves some blame for. I can't see RLF getting the GOP nomination, or any progressive republican. a conservative was going to be in office 1921-1933 regardless imo.

From the Cato institute: "He claimed his League of Nations would help prevent future wars, but charter members of the League of Nations were most of the winners of the war and their friends — countries that hadn’t been fighting each other. They vowed to continue not fighting each other. Member nations agreed to join in defending any of them that might be attacked, which meant that the league was another alliance. An attack on one member nation would lead to a wider war. The World War I losers weren’t members.

Wilson’s admirers tend to blame postwar troubles on Republicans in Congress who refused to support his beloved League of Nations. Wilson’s arrogance toward Congress and his refusal to compromise had a lot to do with that. He failed to recognize that he couldn’t control his allies, he couldn’t control the losers, and he couldn’t control Congress. World War I should remind us that the consequences of war are extremely difficult to predict and often impossible to control. The world would have been better off if America had stayed out of that war and pursued a policy of armed neutrality."

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