Party: Democratic
Fact One: He reduced tariffs, but needed a way to raise revenue so he decided to introduce some taxes. He started by reinstating the estate tax. Then he raised the top income tax to 15% and doubled the corporate income tax from 1% to 2%. He also taxed munitions production, damn, this guy was a radical leftist!
Fact Two: He passed one of the first federal laws that regulated hours worked by private employees due to a strike from the railroad union. He helped the two sides settle on an eight hour work day, which he eventually had passed as the Adamson Act.
Fact Three: This president believed in the autonomy of Puerto Rico and the Philippines. He helped grant Puerto Ricans U.S. citizenship and helped pass an act that would lead to the independence of the Philippines.
Fact Four: Early on this guy was very opposed to the idea of women voters! How could their tiny brains and delicate sensibilities handle the enormous pressure of picking some idiot to run the country? But, as he saw the data from states that allowed women the right to vote, he began to change his mind and eventually pressured southern Democratic Senators to vote for suffrage. Good for him! I am sure it had nothing to do with seeing a new potential voter base since he…
Fact Five: Pissed off German-Americans by pushing through an Espionage Act and a Sedition Act, which was aimed at punishing people who were upset at the involvement of America in the Great War. The Republican Party swooped in and picked up the demographic in the next election.
Quotes:
“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.”
“There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.”
“A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.”
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