Who was the worst President in the history of the United States?

[DownWithTheLeft]

I would rate Warren Harding one of the greatest president, corrupt, but still his policies were amazing

What specific policies would you be refering to?

Stacking the Supreme Court, elimination of laws that infringed on business.  His overall unfettered capitalism ideaology.  It probably made him a bad president to lead the majority of the country, but I would have loved him.

[Michael Z]

I would rate Warren Harding one of the greatest president, corrupt, but still his policies were amazing

What specific policies would you be refering to?

Stacking the Supreme Court, elimination of laws that infringed on business.  His overall unfettered capitalism ideaology.

...which eventually led to the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

I would rate Warren Harding one of the greatest president, corrupt, but still his policies were amazing

What specific policies would you be refering to?

Stacking the Supreme Court, elimination of laws that infringed on business.  His overall unfettered capitalism ideaology.

...which eventually led to the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression.

No.  The economy led itself to the crash and the government then created the Great Depression.

No.  It was the dumb pro-business policies of Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover that led to the Great Depression.  The government fixed the problem that the GOP created.

[Michael Z]

I would rate Warren Harding one of the greatest president, corrupt, but still his policies were amazing

What specific policies would you be refering to?

Stacking the Supreme Court, elimination of laws that infringed on business.  His overall unfettered capitalism ideaology.

...which eventually led to the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression.

No.  The economy led itself to the crash and the government then created the Great Depression.

The economy is not some isolated entity that exists irrespective of any sociopolitical changes and occurences. The fact is that the economy "led itself" to the crash precisely because of the lack of regulation implemented by the likes of Harding.

[CARLHAYDEN]

I would rate Warren Harding one of the greatest president, corrupt, but still his policies were amazing

What specific policies would you be refering to?

Stacking the Supreme Court, elimination of laws that infringed on business.  His overall unfettered capitalism ideaology.

...which eventually led to the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression.

No.  The economy led itself to the crash and the government then created the Great Depression.

The economy is not some isolated entity that exists irrespective of any sociopolitical changes and occurences. The fact is that the economy "led itself" to the crash precisely because of the lack of regulation implemented by the likes of Harding.

Michael,

There were a large number of factors which were involved in the Great Depression.

One of the major factors most economists cite was the action of the Federal Reserve Board in decreasing the money supply!

[Michael Z]

I would rate Warren Harding one of the greatest president, corrupt, but still his policies were amazing

What specific policies would you be refering to?

Stacking the Supreme Court, elimination of laws that infringed on business.  His overall unfettered capitalism ideaology.

...which eventually led to the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression.

No.  The economy led itself to the crash and the government then created the Great Depression.

The economy is not some isolated entity that exists irrespective of any sociopolitical changes and occurences. The fact is that the economy "led itself" to the crash precisely because of the lack of regulation implemented by the likes of Harding.

Michael,

There were a large number of factors which were involved in the Great Depression.

One of the major factors most economists cite was the action of the Federal Reserve Board in decreasing the money supply!

That's a good point, but that's not to say that Harding's* policies had no long-term effect whatsoever. I guess, as with so many things, it was a combination of factors (past and present measures) that led to the Crash and the subsequent Depression.

*And perhaps Coolidge's as well, but to be honest I don't know enough about him to judge.

[Dr. Cynic]

I would rate Warren Harding one of the greatest president, corrupt, but still his policies were amazing

What specific policies would you be refering to?

Stacking the Supreme Court, elimination of laws that infringed on business.  His overall unfettered capitalism ideaology.

...which eventually led to the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression.

No.  The economy led itself to the crash and the government then created the Great Depression.

The economy is not some isolated entity that exists irrespective of any sociopolitical changes and occurences. The fact is that the economy "led itself" to the crash precisely because of the lack of regulation implemented by the likes of Harding.

Michael,

There were a large number of factors which were involved in the Great Depression.

One of the major factors most economists cite was the action of the Federal Reserve Board in decreasing the money supply!

That's a good point, but that's not to say that Harding's* policies had no long-term effect whatsoever. I guess, as with so many things, it was a combination of factors (past and present measures) that led to the Crash and the subsequent Depression.

*And perhaps Coolidge's as well, but to be honest I don't know enough about him to judge.

I've always felt that blame should be rested on three men. Wilson (As the Treaty of Versailles led to the collapse of several European economies, with the huge debt they had to pay) Harding and Coolidge's lack of really doing anything to slow down what was clearly on the horizon. Although the upper classes had money and were content, the lower classes, the workers and the farmers were just as poor as they had ever been. The roaring 20's didn't apply to them. Harding and Coolidge were also poor judges of world affairs. Harding was too friendly to be a good President, and he could be controlled. Coolidge simply didn't care. He was more content to nap all day, and had a very provinical outlook ("No Coolidge has ever been west" he once bragged). It is true the Fed Reserve helped to create the depression by decreasing the supply of cash, but let's be honest here, it was a Worldwide Depression. A firm hand at the controls might have softened the blow America took. Instead, we got hit hard. I've always kind of felt sorry for Herbert Hoover in this matter. He got the blame, and by the time he was able to act, it was too little, too late.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

From my limited knowledge of the great depression I think some of the responibility should be put on business rather than on politicians (note: not all, plus business and politics in  the 1920s should never be taught off as seperate things; if the opposite ever applies then that moment in history was not it.) as many were highly aware of the problems of overproduction but thought that this post-war period was some sort of historical exception, a new future if you will. Plus the 1920s was quite possibly the greediest decade in modern history, until the 1980s. It both cases it couldn't last.

[JSojourner]

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