Teddy Roosevelt gave the Progressives the cover they needed to penetrate the political apparatus of the US. His “trust busting” made a mockery of American free market and set the place for heavier and deeper involvement of government in business.
Political entrepreneurs have ever been the bane of free peoples.
If I were half a scholar, I could explain the difference between the Progressivisms of Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt.
Let's see, how about a Progressive scale of one to ten, where Teddy was a two, Wilson a five, Franklin a seven, and then BHO would measure what... oh, maybe 25?
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