Under which President was the US at the height of its power?

[Zmrzlina]

I'd say Clinton since his administration oversaw the greatest amount of globalization.

Thats a scary word for people that have not joined the information age.

I'm not quite sure I'm following you, could you elaborate?

 

[Toro]

Too bad you did not include Dwight Eisenhower in your survey.

His greatest legacy, the Interstate Highway system put America on wheels and was the greatest reason for the wealthiest middle class in human history.

Wrong. The interstate highway system is a huge socialist boondoggle that decreased the wealth of this nation.

rofl

Also, almost every single road in America is paved with taxpayer money. According to bripatthegenius, "roads" are all boondoggles.

 

[Peach]

Too bad you did not include Dwight Eisenhower in your survey.

His greatest legacy, the Interstate Highway system put America on wheels and was the greatest reason for the wealthiest middle class in human history.

Wrong. The interstate highway system is a huge socialist boondoggle that decreased the wealth of this nation.

rofl

The trucking industry disagrees with Brit.

 

[rightwinger]

When you say "the railroads didn't cost the taxpayers a dime." you mean-----you mean... what do you mean?


Without the assistance of the U.S. government, railroad construction between 1860 and 1900 would have been greatly curtailed. Building a railroad was an expensive venture. Private banks, fearing the railroad companies would need a long time to pay off their debts, were reluctant to loan money to the companies. To remedy the situation, Congress provided assistance to the railroad companies in the form of land grants. The land grant railroads, receiving millions of acres of public land, sold the land to make money, built their railroads, and contributed to a more rapid settlement of the West. In the end, four out of the five transcontinental railroads were built with help from the federal government.
-giggle-
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The land grant railroads all went bankrupt and were infested with the most horrendous corruption imaginable. the claim that banks wouldn't loan money to railroads is specious and self-serving. Banks are always happy to loan money to any business that can demonstrate that investing the money will produce a profit. However, they won't lend money to boondoggles that give little indication that they can earn a profit. The trans continentals are a classic example.

Yet they never would have been built without government assistance.

The Red States would not exist as they do today without government investment in transportation infrastructure

 

[Meathead]

Ha! I'm still the only person who voted Obama in the poll.

At least you are arguing for any US "resurgence" under Reagan. He gets credit for the good Nixon did, fall of the Soviet Union, beginning the transformation of China.

I knew you were a dingbat since carrying on about Roma (you thought Romans) looking like Slovakians (apparently any Slavic person), but Nixon's "Detente" as policy that led to Reagan's dismantlement of the USSR leaves me no doubt

.Sempa | Ronald Reagan and the End of the Cold War

A tried and true dingbat, even by local USMB standards.

 

[JakeStarkey]

And what did that have to do with Clinton?

Ask a question that pertains to the OP and I will answer.

I did, of course, you just have no answer.

Your question did not pertain.

Ask one related to the OP and I will be glad to answer.

 

[Peach]

Ha! I'm still the only person who voted Obama in the poll.

At least you are arguing for any US "resurgence" under Reagan. He gets credit for the good Nixon did, fall of the Soviet Union, beginning the transformation of China.

I knew you were a dingbat since carrying on about Roma (you thought Romans) looking like Slovakians (apparently any Slavic person), but Nixon's "Detente" as policy that led to Reagan's dismantlement of the USSR leaves me no doubt

.Sempa | Ronald Reagan and the End of the Cold War

A tried and true dingbat, even by local USMB standards.

I have no memory of the first accusation made, but stand by the facts in the second. Nixon opened the door for Soviets to see the superiority of free markets. Reagan posed by a Wall that was already coming down. Diggens has some credentials as a historian, Kengor -0-.

 

[Meathead]

At least you are arguing for any US "resurgence" under Reagan. He gets credit for the good Nixon did, fall of the Soviet Union, beginning the transformation of China.

I knew you were a dingbat since carrying on about Roma (you thought Romans) looking like Slovakians (apparently any Slavic person), but Nixon's "Detente" as policy that led to Reagan's dismantlement of the USSR leaves me no doubt

.Sempa | Ronald Reagan and the End of the Cold War

A tried and true dingbat, even by local USMB standards.

I have no memory of the first accusation made, but stand by the facts in the second. Nixon opened the door for Soviets to see the superiority of free markets. Reagan posed by a Wall that was already coming down. Diggens has some credentials as a historian, Kengor -0-.

Please stop posting. You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

 

[Asclepias]

I'd say Clinton since his administration oversaw the greatest amount of globalization.

Thats a scary word for people that have not joined the information age.

I'm not quite sure I'm following you, could you elaborate?

Globalization is a bad thing to people stuck in the industrial age and unable to adapt to changing times and opportunities.

 

[Asclepias]

I knew you were a dingbat since carrying on about Roma (you thought Romans) looking like Slovakians (apparently any Slavic person), but Nixon's "Detente" as policy that led to Reagan's dismantlement of the USSR leaves me no doubt

.Sempa | Ronald Reagan and the End of the Cold War

A tried and true dingbat, even by local USMB standards.

I have no memory of the first accusation made, but stand by the facts in the second. Nixon opened the door for Soviets to see the superiority of free markets. Reagan posed by a Wall that was already coming down. Diggens has some credentials as a historian, Kengor -0-.

Please stop posting. You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

If thats the case why are you posting?

 

[Meathead]

Thats a scary word for people that have not joined the information age.

I'm not quite sure I'm following you, could you elaborate?

Globalization is a bad thing to people stuck in the industrial age and unable to adapt to changing times and opportunities.

Being stuck in the Industrial Revolution of 200 years ago is much better. Even Marx understood his mistakes.

 

[Zmrzlina]

Thats a scary word for people that have not joined the information age.

I'm not quite sure I'm following you, could you elaborate?

Globalization is a bad thing to people stuck in the industrial age and unable to adapt to changing times and opportunities.

I disagree. Globalization is a mixed bag. On one hand humanity is connected at a level unseen in human history and I would argue that that is mostly beneficial for our species. The negative aspect is the adoption of universal economic policies that benefit the Global North at the detriment of the Global South and all the cultural imperialism that comes along with it.

 

[Peach]

I knew you were a dingbat since carrying on about Roma (you thought Romans) looking like Slovakians (apparently any Slavic person), but Nixon's "Detente" as policy that led to Reagan's dismantlement of the USSR leaves me no doubt

.Sempa | Ronald Reagan and the End of the Cold War

A tried and true dingbat, even by local USMB standards.

I have no memory of the first accusation made, but stand by the facts in the second. Nixon opened the door for Soviets to see the superiority of free markets. Reagan posed by a Wall that was already coming down. Diggens has some credentials as a historian, Kengor -0-.

Please stop posting. You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

No.

 

[Meathead]

I have no memory of the first accusation made, but stand by the facts in the second. Nixon opened the door for Soviets to see the superiority of free markets. Reagan posed by a Wall that was already coming down. Diggens has some credentials as a historian, Kengor -0-.

Please stop posting. You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

No.

In a way I admire that, but it makes you no less of a misinformed ditz. I hope you understand.

 

[Peach]

Please stop posting. You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

No.

In a way I admire that, but it makes you no less of a misinformed ditz. I hope you understand.

I dissent, and will stop at the time I decide to do so. LIBERTY is the concept. David H. Donald.

 

[Asclepias]

I'm not quite sure I'm following you, could you elaborate?

Globalization is a bad thing to people stuck in the industrial age and unable to adapt to changing times and opportunities.

I disagree. Globalization is a mixed bag. On one hand humanity is connected at a level unseen in human history and I would argue that that is mostly beneficial for our species. The negative aspect is the adoption of universal economic policies that benefit the Global North at the detriment of the Global South and all the cultural imperialism that comes along with it.

You are correct. There are always good and bad side to things. The trick is to understand the opportunity is present and grab it.

 

[protectionist]

Too bad you did not include Dwight Eisenhower in your survey.

His greatest legacy, the Interstate Highway system put America on wheels and was the greatest reason for the wealthiest middle class in human history.

He is my choice as well.

And mine as well, for quite a number of reasons more than the interstate highway system.

 

[Peach]

Ah, Raygun! After three American nuns, and a lay church worker were sexually battered and murdered, their torn bodies left by the side of a road, in El Salvador; they were brutalized by the military government "police", as a "warning" to American aid workers. The killings happened right before the election, Carter was slammed for demanding answers from what Raygun thought of as a FRIENDLY, ANTI COMMUNIST country. Carter pulled out all the stops to put pressure on the junta....then comes despicable Ronnie, his response: -0-, His boy Haig said "they weren't JUST nuns". The world laughed at the US when Bonzo was President.

 

[JimBowie1958]

Ah, Raygun! After three American nuns, and a lay church worker were sexually battered and murdered, their torn bodies left by the side of a road, in El Salvador; they were brutalized by the military government "police", as a "warning" to American aid workers. The killings happened right before the election, Carter was slammed for demanding answers from what Raygun thought of as a FRIENDLY, ANTI COMMUNIST country. Carter pulled out all the stops to put pressure on the junta....then comes despicable Ronnie, his response: -0-, His boy Haig said "they weren't JUST nuns". The world laughed at the US when Bonzo was President.

Maybe among your friends, but the Soviets didn't laugh much at all.

 

[whitehall]

Anybody notice the embarrassing gap of missing presidents between FDR and Obama? Jerry Ford was a flash in the pan but democrat icons like Harry Truman and LBJ didn't make the cut and Nixon did.