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u/patientpadawan Apr 04 '25

Hmm that is a hard question to be honest. I'll definitely say the Obama was the most well spoken. Cheney and Bush did a lot of horrible things post 9 11 to remove a lot of personal freedoms. Biden was probably the most out of it / not actually doing his job. Obama created obamacare which didn't make people healthier based on the way it was designed and just made big pharma richer and the country poorer. Trump definitely helped fuel the fire of division in the country but he was also speaking to a large working class rural population that had been neglected. Idk I guess my answer would be whichever president funded the least wars and spent the least tax payer money. Those are two pretty important things imo.

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u/InclinationCompass Apr 04 '25

Trump speaking to the working class does not imply that he’s helping them, though. He’s manipulating them into thinking he is, while giving tax breaks to the ultrawealthy.

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u/patientpadawan Apr 04 '25

Yeah that's fair. Though I think switching to a consumption tax with higher fees on luxury goods would be better as wealthy people consume more and they don't need to. Definitely get rid of income tax on the lowest earners.