1912 election

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

@Rocky: Taft's the conservative tool, Wilson's the revisionist.

And neither said much about environmental protection or Universal Healthcare, or not to the same extent.

Taft the trustbuster brought up 90 suits under the Sherman Antitrust Act in just four years while T. Roosevelt brought up only 44 in 8 years. Taft broke up John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil.

One of Taft's actions that angered TR enough to turn against Taft and ultimately run against him in 1912 was that Taft had brought a suit against U.S. Steel, which held 90% of the market share for steel in the United States. TR supported U.S. Steel as a "good monopoly".

Roosevelt as "progressive" hero is mythology. Taft over Roosevelt any day.

[H. Ross Peron]

@Rocky: Taft's the conservative tool, Wilson's the revisionist.

And neither said much about environmental protection or Universal Healthcare, or not to the same extent.

Taft the trustbuster brought up 90 suits under the Sherman Antitrust Act in just four years while T. Roosevelt brought up only 44 in 8 years. Taft broke up John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil.

One of Taft's actions that angered TR enough to turn against Taft and ultimately run against him in 1912 was that Taft had brought a suit against U.S. Steel, which held 90% of the market share for steel in the United States. TR supported U.S. Steel as a "good monopoly".

Roosevelt as "progressive" hero is mythology. Taft over Roosevelt any day.

And TR was right on that issue-there is nothing inherently wrong with "trusts" if (as TR supported) they are properly regulated especially since they can often be more economically efficient. Additionally, TR was obviously more progressive than Taft by 1912 on such issues on social welfare legislation and increasing democratic accountability through the recall, initiative, referendum etc and Taft openly running as the candidate of the conservatives in that election.

[Clarko95 📚💰📈]

Both TR and Taft are acceptable to me. I think if I were alive then and didn't know of the future, I'd have voted TR.