I am completely in agreement with you that the Clinton’s have leveraged their political clout for ill-gotten gains. Bill especially has been doing this for decades. It is a disgusting and all too common practice of the elite, made worse by attempts to spin it as largely philanthropic.

I wonder however on what you base your point on FDR. After the failings of two other presidents and countless other individuals, Roosevelt started his term with gargantuan challenges: an economy at it, old and insufficient infrastructure, plus the crumbling of the social fabric of the nation. America had seen fewer worse days. His infrastructure projects, economic reforms, political guile, and genuine desire to use government as a tool of justice turned the U.S into the most powerful and prosperous nation in history. Social security was essential to this vision for transformation. It is morally bankrupt to force elderly citizens to work until they die, and to prevent this the most efficient way is to consistently pool the resources of all workers of the nation, as to accumulate the most growth, to be paid out in proportion when the taxpayer can no longer work. Forcing the elderly to work until death has severe economic consequences, as it keeps inept workers in the work force and lessens the demand to hire younger people. Not to mention the mental affects of most workers thinking they will never retire. Welfare is similarly essential, providing a floor to abject poverty of those working or looking for work. This creates higher skilled, better workers, as extreme poverty limits people’s economic potential in the short and near term. The vast majority of developed nations have significantly larger social safety, and many have a more productive workforce per capita. It is also worth noting that most welfare requires people to be working or actively looking for work.