Richard Nixon vs. Spiro Agnew

[Sir Mohamed]

Ugh, Nixon I guess.

That said, Nixon for sure did more harm because he was in a more powerful position.

[UlmerFudd]

Nixon

[Big Abraham]

The last major program for helping families at the level of survival was under Richard Nixon, and he raised the minimum wage by over 40%, expanded Social Security and welfare benefits, and even proposed minimum guaranteed family income for all Americans. In many respects Nixon was the last liberal president, before the neolibs took over.

[VBM]

The last major program for helping families at the level of survival was under Richard Nixon, and he raised the minimum wage by over 40%, expanded Social Security and welfare benefits, and even proposed minimum guaranteed family income for all Americans. In many respects Nixon was the last liberal president, before the neolibs took over.

Was Carter a neoliberal?

[😥]

Nixon

[Big Abraham]

The last major program for helping families at the level of survival was under Richard Nixon, and he raised the minimum wage by over 40%, expanded Social Security and welfare benefits, and even proposed minimum guaranteed family income for all Americans. In many respects Nixon was the last liberal president, before the neolibs took over.

Was Carter a neoliberal?

In certain ways, yes. His administration had both neoliberals like Volcker and members of the old guard like Marshall. I would argue him and Ford were both transitional presidents between the New Deal and Reagan epochs. It was Reagan who ushered in the decisive and unabated era of neoliberalism, though Washington and the Fed had been moving in that direction since the mid seventies.

[President Johnson]

Tricky Dick.

[Lechasseur]

Nixon

[Obama-Biden Democrat]

The last major program for helping families at the level of survival was under Richard Nixon, and he raised the minimum wage by over 40%, expanded Social Security and welfare benefits, and even proposed minimum guaranteed family income for all Americans. In many respects Nixon was the last liberal president, before the neolibs took over.

The post war Keynesian consensus was still around when Nixon was President. Nixon also created the EPA and enacted wages and price controls.