Theodore Roosevelt

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  The U.S. Tax System: How Did We Get Here? Pt. 2, the Middle Years

  By Mike Patton  |  March 12, 2013

  From the first U.S. default during the Revolutionary War to the first income tax during the Civil War to the 16th Amendment, taxes have been a source of contention.

• The Rise of the Regulators

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  February 1, 2011

• Historical Research: A Century of Healthcare Battles

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  September 1, 2009

  A pivotal moment in the health care debate came when the president went before Congress and said this: "Millions of our citizens do not now...

• From Bismarck to Bush

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  August 1, 2008

  On November 17, 1881, German Kaiser Wilhelm I issued an imperial decree stating that "those who are disabled from work by age and invalidity have...

• T.R. vs. J.P.

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  October 1, 2007

  It would be called the Bankers' Panic, the Roosevelt Panic, or simply the Panic of 1907. A hundred years ago this month was the culmination...