Franklin Delano Roosevelt has been called one of the greatest presidents which we have ever had. However, that assertion is based on one's willingness to agree, and fully believe in, the methods and the man who created such programs as the National Recovery Administration (NRA) and Works progress Administration (WPA), and as a whole Roosevelt's "New Deal". Taken apart, these programs seem like a "Good Deal", but when one evaluates them separately and disjointed from their mantle, he finds that not only were they risky, they might have sunk this country during the great depression. Compound this with his instating of our broken Social Security system along with his income tax raises and instatement of payroll taxes, and you've got a recipe
Despite the King’s help in enabling Pitt’s position in power, we must also analyse the other factors that contribute to Pitt’s success, for instance, the weakened status of the Whig’s leader, Charles Fox and the improvements that Pitt made to the financial and economical state of the nation. Firstly, the way that Pitt managed to become Prime Minister instantly made clear that George III was nearly entirely responsible for his entry into office. When the dispute arose over the coalition of the India Bill in 1782, George III immediately took the opportunity to get rid of the Whigs leaving a position open for Pitt. Therefore we can see that this opening ,created by the King, enabled Pitt to become Chancellor of the Exchequer and First Lord of the Treasury in 1783. The King used the India Bill as an excuse for a dramatic change in his government.
Moreover, Richard III was very good at politics, having a lavish court and is good at using propaganda, yet he is highly unpopular among both the people and the nobility; his reign only lasts two years before the throne is usurped by Henry Tudor. Therefore, while both the main Yorkist Kings during this period did go some way to restoring royal authority in England, their successes were limited. Edward IV was successful at restoring royal authority as he was able to control the different regions of the Kingdom, such as the North and Wales, through the use of magnates. During his reign, Edward makes Richard, his brother, the duke of Gloucester, and puts Rivers in charge of Wales and his son. This meant that these areas, which were traditionally either pro-Lancastrian or prone to rebellion, were more controlled during Edward IV’s reign, which helped to restore royal authority.
Henry VII had been a skilled diplomat and kept England out of major European conflicts. Therefore, Henry VIII inherited a state that was united behind the monarch, a state that had a decent European reputation, a monarchy that was wealthier than it had been for centuries, nobility that had been tamed and made to work for the Crown and a system of government that was competent and effective. Weaknesses Henry VIII inherited Henry VII was unpopular with his subjects as he took a lot of money away from the people of England. His Tax Collectors, Empson and Dudley were also unpopular due to their tactics of getting more money. All were greedy.
As well as this, Gladstone also wanted to improve landlord and tenant relationships as the landlords could easily evict tenants randomly as it was a very unfair controlling system. The Irish Land Act meant there were limitations on the land lords’ eviction power and compensation was given for tenants who had been evicted. Numbers of lordships complained as many Protestants were absentee landowners so it was an incredible achievement to get the reforms through. Gladstone’s First Ministry could be considered successful in many ways. He improved efficiency and tackled the issue of
To What Extent was the Young American Republic a Success Between 1783 – 1820? The young American republic may have been an extremely young nation but within four decades it had developed a sophisticated economy with the beginnings of an industrial revolution, it had made its self respected as a nation and its foreign policy affected that of other much older and more powerful nations and finally it had inspired countless similar revolutions around the globe as nations broke away from empires and monarchies. The young American republic was full of successes while the Colonies were still fighting the British on American soil for independence, the founding fathers a collection of the enlightened and forward thinking minds of America, wrote the articles of confederation. This promised the development of a central government with a capital city to be constructed in Washington D.C. and gave a sense of nationhood to a very diverse group of colonies. It may have been a vague set of rules and ideas giving the States a lot of power but it allowed the colonies to win and recover from the war quickly.
As this industry was so vastly popular in demand, it became vastly profitable for gangsters, and as Thornton says, “criminal groups organise around a steady source of income provided by victimless crimes such as consuming alcohol.”3 This is a very useful source as Thornton is one of America’s experts on the economics of illegal drugs4, so he can inform about the way the criminal gangs avoided Prohibition, and sold alcohol illegally. Yet this quote is taken from an article, aimed at describing alcohol as failure, causing his judgment to be one sided. This means that such a relatively easy thing like selling alcohol caused, bootlegging to become a very competitive market amongst gangsters. Some of course
This was as a result of the Revolutionary war and Washington inherited this when he became president, which became another issue he had to deal with. Raising revenue for the government was a top priority for the new president and the issue of how to do this was hotly debated. It was suggested by Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton that governmental financing via tariffs, or surcharges on imported goods, and placing a tax on liquor could retire much, if not all of the country’s debt. He also proposed a national bank in which private investors could have the opportunity to purchase stocks, print paper money, keep the government’s finances safe, in addition to centralizing the nation's financial base. Because of the tax placed on liquor to help eliminate the country’s financial debt, the Whiskey rebellion was born; making this another one of President Washington’s problematic issues.
The Revolutionary War was a colonial fight for independence from Britain. In 1775 the battle of Lexington and Concord marked the beginning of a brutal six year war for independence. Both the Americans and the British had advantages and disadvantages, which could be put into the categories of: economics, leadership and support, and experience. Economics was a major advantage to the power of Britain but sometimes hindered the American’s chances of winning this War. The British government had a vast empire across the world, it was once said that, “the sun never sets on this British Empire”.
Of course this repeal was not vetoed by Democratic President William Clinton, but nonetheless Republicans- many of whom are likely in support of the Tea Party Movement in contemporary times- are in large part to blame for the economic crisis which has made necessary this excessive level of spending. Despite what can be viewed as being intellectual dishonesty in the Tea Party, some of their goals seem noble. Certainly in every bureaucracy there is a great deal of wasteful spending, and there is no doubt that America's budget is not an exception. If the Tea Party can root out wasteful spending and help create manageable (but responsible) budgets, that is absolutely a great cause and worthy of a great deal of respect and admiration. It will be interesting to see what happens in the presidential election of 2012 given the rise of the Tea Party Movement.