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<blockquote data-quote="av8r115" data-source="post: 1726314">TR aggressively increased the size of government.&nbsp; Not conservative.TR pursued big business as &quot;tyrannical&quot; and &quot;industrial overlords&quot;, using fear and hyperbole to convince the average American that only the government could save them.&nbsp; Sound familiar?TR pursued redistribution of wealth from the evil &quot;robber baron&quot; business owners to the defenseless little guys, helping to get the ball rolling on the 16th Amendment. Under Wilson taxes on the wealthy would eventually reach 73%.&nbsp; Conservative?TR was a Progressive, not a Conservative.&nbsp; Like Progressives/Liberals, he thought the average American was too stupid to get ahead w/out the government&#039;s help.&nbsp; Did he do some good things?&nbsp; Sure.&nbsp; I doubt we&#039;d have all the national parks if not for him.&nbsp; But don&#039;t kid yourself, TR was not a Conservative.I wish I had time to listen to talk radio.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="av8r115, post: 1726314"] TR aggressively increased the size of government. Not conservative. TR pursued big business as "tyrannical" and "industrial overlords", using fear and hyperbole to convince the average American that only the government could save them. Sound familiar? TR pursued redistribution of wealth from the evil "robber baron" business owners to the defenseless little guys, helping to get the ball rolling on the 16th Amendment. Under Wilson taxes on the wealthy would eventually reach 73%. Conservative? TR was a Progressive, not a Conservative. Like Progressives/Liberals, he thought the average American was too stupid to get ahead w/out the government's help. Did he do some good things? Sure. I doubt we'd have all the national parks if not for him. But don't kid yourself, TR was not a Conservative. I wish I had time to listen to talk radio. [/QUOTE]

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