[ikka]

Pearl Harbor ; stacking the Supreme Court ; dirtiest of dirty machine politics ; illegal price controls and the unbounded expansion of government ; higher taxes ; partially responsible for destruction of the gold standard and replacement of sound currency with fiat currency ; lengthened the depression by his tax policies.

Yup, he is a solid-gold (no pun intended) DemoRAT.

[Paulus Invictus]

You forgot the great Ponzi/hidden tax scheme called Social Security that still blights the economy.

[Bon mots]

Don't forget the Ponzi Scheme known as "Social Security".

[snowsislander]

Pearl Harbor ; stacking the Supreme Court ; dirtiest of dirty machine politics ; illegal price controls and the unbounded expansion of government ; higher taxes ; partially responsible for destruction of the gold standard and replacement of sound currency with fiat currency ; lengthened the depression by his tax policies.

I would also add FDR's outrageous, outright confiscation of private citizens' gold as one more item on his list of infamies.

It's clear what FDR thought of the Constitution, and it really is a wonder that FDR just didn't declare it "inoperative."

[Ditto]

"... dirtiest of dirty machine politics ; illegal price controls and the unbounded expansion of government ; higher taxes ; partially responsible for destruction of the gold standard and replacement of sound currency with fiat currency ; lengthened the depression by his tax policies.",

Not defending FDR, but the above could fit Nixon pretty well too --- maybe even better.