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*** But his heart was in the right place and that counts for a lot with me ***

Strange statement.
FDR was a saint to my family (who lived\suffered\survived the as past of the “greatest generation”) and that would be something they would say.

humanitarian ? maybe ‘cept for sanctioning the imprisonment of Japanese-Americans ?

Interesting article here.
https://livingnewdeal.org/glossary/income-and-wealth-taxes-1934-1941/

FDR had 5 tax increases mostly against income (to include SS) - 1935 was a doozy though I’m guessing it didn’t affect a lot of people.

FDR embraced Hoover’s Revenue Act of 1932...even though it included taxes on consumption of which FDR did n’t appear to be a fan.
There was also a Revenue Act of 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1940.

humanitarian ? early maybe, but later ? sanctioning the imprisonment of Japanese-Americans ?

what my folks always talked about was FDR kept giving them hope and I can’t take that away from him\them.