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« on: December 22, 2016, 04:39:24 PM »
Which President(s) do you think was/were the most "corporatist" and least "corporatist" in our nation's history?  Figured this would be an interesting debate, as it will be very subjective.
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« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2016, 04:50:42 PM »
Most: Obama
Least: Coolidge
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« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2016, 05:01:02 PM »

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« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2016, 05:02:43 PM »
Most: Reagan or Trump
Least: Jackson
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« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2016, 05:17:33 PM »
Define corporatist.

I guess, pro-big business?

Most: William McKinley (R-Ohio). Guy ran basically as the first major big business candidate in 1896 and that election was the seminal battle between unions and the corporations. McKinley, of course, won twice.

Least: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D-N.Y). Pretty progressive, railed against business interests, and raised their taxes. Of course, he also saved capitalism, so eh. He's also the closest to a populist president that we've had, or dare I say "socialist."
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« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2016, 05:38:10 PM »
Would also add T. Roosevelt as another nomination for the least.
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« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2016, 05:55:31 PM »
Quote from: TD on December 22, 2016, 05:17:33 PM
Define corporatist.

I guess, pro-big business?

Most: William McKinley (R-Ohio). Guy ran basically as the first major big business candidate in 1896 and that election was the seminal battle between unions and the corporations. McKinley, of course, won twice.

Least: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D-N.Y). Pretty progressive, railed against business interests, and raised their taxes. Of course, he also saved capitalism, so eh. He's also the closest to a populist president that we've had, or dare I say "socialist."

That's why I put it in quotes.  Seems to mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people.

RE: Santender, as for Obama, he's not a corporatist, LOL.  You know how when people say "conservative Democrat," they mean "conservative FOR A DEMOCRAT"?  I'd say the same logic applies.
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« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2016, 05:57:51 PM »
Most: Cleveland or McKinley
Least: Ford or Jackson, depending on your definition
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« Reply #8 on: December 22, 2016, 06:27:11 PM »
Quote from: RaphaelDLG on December 22, 2016, 05:38:10 PM
Would also add T. Roosevelt as another nomination for the least.
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« Reply #9 on: December 22, 2016, 06:27:49 PM »
Lol no.


Most: Harding
Least: Van Buren
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« Reply #10 on: December 22, 2016, 06:32:26 PM »
Most: Either of W. Bush, Clinton, Harding, or Coolidge

Least: idk, FDR? There aren't very many anti-corporate Presidents.
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« Reply #11 on: December 22, 2016, 06:54:37 PM »
Most: Harding
Least: Jackson
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« Reply #12 on: December 22, 2016, 08:12:31 PM »
Most : Coolidge

Least : Carter
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« Reply #13 on: December 22, 2016, 08:15:31 PM »
It depends if corporatism is defined as simply "pro-Goldman Sachs" or actual Mussolini style fascism. If it's the former, the clear winner is the Clintons. Bill and Hillary might as well put on a tube top and a mini skirt and walk up and down Wall Street, stopping only to stick their exposed legs out in the streets.
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« Reply #14 on: December 22, 2016, 08:56:39 PM »

Jackson is a pretty good pick, if only because of his adamant opposition to the banks - which really was to a fault.

Under the most corporatist - one I think people are forgetting is Benjamin Harrison.
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« Reply #15 on: December 22, 2016, 10:51:02 PM »
Obama was probably the most corporatist, mainly by virtue of chronology. Government and corporations are bigger and more complex now than ever, and they support one another more than ever.

The least? No idea, but Andrew Jackson comes to mind.
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« Reply #16 on: December 23, 2016, 10:06:42 AM »
My personal picks would be Grant, Harrison, McKinley, Harding or Eisenhower for most and Jackson, Wilson, FDR or Truman for least.
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« Reply #17 on: January 03, 2017, 03:15:26 AM »
I am not sure who is most. But both FDR & Teddy Roosevelt (Republican) were not corporatist!
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« Reply #18 on: January 03, 2017, 07:37:48 AM »
"Corporatism" has about a myriad definitions, most of which are not only divergent but mutually exclusive. You're gonna have to explain what you mean.
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« Reply #19 on: January 04, 2017, 11:33:58 PM »
Most: Harding, Obama
Least: T. Roosevelt, FDR
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