Burton Folsom

How did FDR expand the income tax regime?

FDR's expansion of the income tax rates proved high taxes are unproductive. Burt Folsom joins Jim Blasingame to show that FDR's increasing income tax rates made productive people stop producing.

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Burt Folsom joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the possible aspects of how history will deal with President Trump, both as a politician and as a leader.
Burt Folsom joins Jim Blasingame to report on what actually caused Labor Day to become a national holiday, which was not due to the good nature of President Coolidge.
Burton Folsom joins Jim Blasingame to report on the time when the government wasn’t the major source of emergency relief.
Burton Folsom joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the greatest challenge President Trump has may be within his own party and their tendency to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Burton Folsom joins Jim Blasingame to compare the belligerent relationship between the press and the Trump administration to any other administration in history.