I am not saying the most popular necessarily. Who was the most effective at improving the state of the nation - and why?
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I guess FDR was the best President.  But in modern times. America never had it so good as when Bill Clinton was President. Forget all the Monica stuff. The country was in a great state.
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I would have to say FDR & Winston Churchill with World War II. Harry Truman finished up with his policies towards the end of the War. Truman said America wouldn't make any profits off of War and suffering of oppressed nations from the results of World War II. FDR helped America pull it's self out of the depression with his politics, and administration of laws. Churchill followed suit in the U.K..
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Eleanor Roosevelt, she really did a lot.  There are many that believe that she actually ran the country and the war for the last year or so of FDR's term because he was so ill.  Then after her husband passed she was still active in this country and around the world.  A lot of our world help organizations can trace their origins to her efforts.  Not to mention the U.N.  Even if some people don't like the U.N., I think it is a great way to bring all the countries of the world together.  It is the first time that it has even been done.  Might not be perfect, however, it is a start.  She helped draw up the constitution of the U.N. BTW.... \n\nAlthough, I have always been partial to the name Jackie.  :)
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There are so many! I think I would have to go with George Washington.  Can you believe what he did with what others called an army of men with pitchforks? He was a good leader and because of that we were able to establish the Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, and he was our first President.  He is one of our founding fathers.  That would be a great paper to write on because it can be about patriotism and that's what our country needs right now.  Let us know who you go with!
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Your question should be what should the US do for its citizents to improve the conditions for the average US citizen living in the US.\nWe must take care of home first.
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ask bill clinton...when he wasnt dittling around with monica, he made China the "Most favored nation"...title which was an honor in trade terms...it meant give them anything they want...we want their business....\n\nheres another ism for you mind...guess who was the most favored visitor to the white house during the clinton years...over 131 visits....\n\nanswer.....Yasser Arafat...\n\nwho we have also given about 4 million dollars a year for  25 years...\n\nthe founder of the Hamas palistianians...that money didnt do us a lot of good....we financed his operation...\n\npolitics makes strange bed fellows.....Mark Twain...1863
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1. Abraham Lincoln--kept the nation together in its most difficult time and was comitted to stopping the spread of slavery.\n\n2. George Washington--gave the country a chance to grow and set many precedents for the future of the country.\n\n3. Franklin Roosevelt--Saw the country through the Great Depression and World War II, promoted essential anti-poverty measures.\n\n4. Harry Truman--Established the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan (both would prove critical in ending the Cold War), integrated the Army and put the Civil Rights movement on the national stage.\n\n5. Thomas Jefferson--Doubled the size of the country with the Louisiana Purchase and ensured that the government stayed in the hands of the people.
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Pablo Escobar of Columbia.  He was quite the man, very rish and well connected.  He was kind of like Al Capone, in that he gave a lot back to the community and really looked out for the poor and needy.
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I'd go with Hillary.  Men have been running the country from the beginning.  It's about time we see what girl power can do.
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If you base the performance on medals won, the best performing nation in Modern Olympic history is the USA. \n\nThe  link shows the total medals won by nation, for both the Summer & Winter games.
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If by "get to work" you mean continuing with dividing up the nations wealth among their districts and business friends, then I would rather have them do nothing. Before the 20's the government did "whats best for this great country" by staying out of everyones business. I shiver to think what the federal government would do if they all agreed, because it certainly wouldn't be to decrease the size of the government.
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A representative government has proven itself to be the best form of government.  No arguing that.  The US also has capitalism going for it.
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If you want to improve India's economy, just look at Nehru's plan for improving India. Nehru was an inspiration to people all over the world when it comes to bringing India up as a huge power.\n\nNehru did amazing things by unifying India. He kicked the Portuguese out of Goa. He organized his country and gave Udder Pradesh, and the northern provinces enough autonomy that it included northern India instead of dividing the Sikh's and the Hindi's. He united India after the British left. He worked to give India independence in the same fashion that Gandhi did. \n\nLook at the contributions of Nehru and Gandhi and you can follow their example to improve India's economy.\n\nBefore the British left, India was a much poorer economy than it is now. Between the time that Nehru became President and the time he died, he led India from being one of the poorest countries in the world to being an independent producer of it's own food. That is an awesome accomplishment when you think of how big India is, how populated it is and how much of a difference it made in such a short time. \n\nNehru and Gandhi are awesome people for India to be proud of. If I were going to join hands with anyone, I would hope that Nehru and Gandhi were there holding hands with me.
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Nigeria does not seem to have a great fiscal policy or a proper program for implementation. Also statistics of Nigeria can be totally misleading considering the corrupt governance of the country. African countries have beautiful paper work but little practical application. It is a sad thing to note that so much of money is pumped into these countries that vanish in thin air without reaching the needy. The people have to change their attitude first. Pride and honesty must be their top priority if at all they need to become a respectable nations.
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I honestly think liberals in general think government should be there to protect the weakest among us. While that is a noble goal, I think we can see from example that it rarely works out that way.  A good example is the so-called "Great Society".  Here we are in 2006, and poverty is still as big an issue as it was in the 1960's.  We could have handed every poor person in the country a check for a million dollars and spent less than the trillions of dollars we've wasted on failed government social programs.
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the second george bush. even though the first one wasnt the best either.
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Since the country has grown in terms of population, technology, economy, military, etc. over the years, the bureaucracy has had to expand proportionally. However, it definitely could be tightened up among certain agencies which would most likely benefit the overally running of the nation.