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.

 

[blackhawk]

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.

 

[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.

 

[aaronleland]

In my opinion, America has only increased in power over the years. In fairness, I have to say Obama. No matter who is President in 2017 I would most likely say them next.

 

[bripat9643]

I always knew you were a fucking retard but this takes the cake. The opening of the highway system spawned all kinds of industry and new jobs.

Yep, Americans were paying for all kinds of stuff they wouldn't have needed if it wasn't for the interstate highway system. It was all money pissed down the drain. We had a perfectly serviceable railroad system. The interstate highway system put it out of business as far as passenger traffic is concerned, and the railroads didn't cost the taxpayers a dime.

You think the interstate highway system was beneficial because you're a brainwashed dupe who doesn't understand what we gave up when we paid for this boondoggle.

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-
.

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.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Yep, Americans were paying for all kinds of stuff they wouldn't have needed if it wasn't for the interstate highway system. It was all money pissed down the drain. We had a perfectly serviceable railroad system. The interstate highway system put it out of business as far as passenger traffic is concerned, and the railroads didn't cost the taxpayers a dime.

You think the interstate highway system was beneficial because you're a brainwashed dupe who doesn't understand what we gave up when we paid for this boondoggle.

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-
.

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.

 

[Peach]

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-
.

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.

All true, ALL taxpayer funded.

 

[konradv]

The obvious answer is Truman before the USSR developed an atomic bomb. We were the only economy not destroyed by the war and the most powerful military

I concur.

 

[Peach]

The obvious answer is Truman before the USSR developed an atomic bomb. We were the only economy not destroyed by the war and the most powerful military

I concur.

Roosevelt kept us going, I should add Truman as "co-strongest". My father was a "TRUMAN" Democrat, he liked to say.

 

[mal]

Clinton if you include economic power.

And give him credit for an Economy that lasted 10 years, predated his Presidency and went into Recession 40 days after he left...

Of course you have to Ignore that he Ignored bin Laden's Declaration of War on us in 1996 and the 1998 Report that was given to Clinton that outlined al Qaeda's goal of using airplanes against targets such as the Pentagon.

If you want to Ignore his Agitation of Terrorists when he Distracted from Impeachment by Bombing a Medicine Factory in the Sudan after Refusing to take bin Laden from the Sudanese peacefully.

Yeah, he was fuckin' great!



peace...

 

[Meathead]

The obvious answer is Truman before the USSR developed an atomic bomb. We were the only economy not destroyed by the war and the most powerful military

I concur.

Agreed. It inevitably was the American resurgence under Reagan after the failures of the LBJ, Nixon/Ford and Carter administrations that led to a period of dominance until 2008.

 

[aaronleland]

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

 

[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.

 

[mal]

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

Most Amusing thing you've done since arriving last November.



peace...

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Of the choices: FDR, see Great Depression, WWII.

FDR prolonged the Great Depression. He was a good war time leader, but his economic policies were destructive.

 

[aaronleland]

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

Most Amusing thing you've done since arriving last November.



peace...

Fuck you, mal.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Clinton.

Russia could do almost nothing for nearly 15 years.

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.

 

[mal]

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

Most Amusing thing you've done since arriving last November.



peace...

Fuck you, mal.

HEY!... That's what I tell HUGGY!...

Stop bitin' what ya writin', you big old gah-damn Queen!...



peace...

 

[Toro]

Either Eisenhower or Clinton.

 

[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