Most of the Presidents around the 1910s-30s ran roughshod over congress with EO spam

lemme go see if I can..

*rummages*

yeah, FDR blows Obama out of the water

And Hoover

And Wilson

And Harding

And Coolidge

fuckin' hell

Well those are all dems lol

By a factor of *ten*

Coolidge and Hoover were Rs

So was Teddy

And he's up there too

Sorry I confused debt with eo. He ran up the most dept

right

*finds shiny infograph*

Look at FDR

good lord

twice as many as the next

Reading back on those times, both parties (or at least their Presidents) sound more like Obama in how they tried to consolidate power in the executive branch

*super*-disappointing

Pretty sure there was a really bad fissure in the Republicans because of this, too

@Reaps they still teach civics but it's only for 1/2 a school year

the other half is economics

Depends on the school

Teddy was grooming his VP to be next President but Taft had other ideas

```Taft sought reductions to trade tariffs, then a major source of governmental income, but the resulting bill was heavily influenced by special interests. His administration was filled with conflict between the conservative wing of the Republican Party, with which Taft often sympathized, and the progressive wing, toward which Roosevelt moved more and more```

"the *progressive wing*, toward which *Roosevelt* moved *more and more*"

Would you technically count any carry over EOs as their as well? Since they could end them.

That's why I find EOs so dumb in the first place

Anything that can be enacted with an EO can be rescinded by another EO

Like, *just stop fucking with shit*

EOs were meant for short term immidiate issues

Not to replace laws

"but the legislative branch is complex and takes too long!"

That's the fucking *point*, to prevent sweeping changes to law being enacted with a wave of a single person's arm because he thinks he knows better

^

that comment wasn't aimed at retorting your above comment, but nonetheless

Temperature is reaching a point where it's annoying to type

12 degrees C

That's like 50 F