This is a column I never expected to write. ThatÂs because IÂm going to applaud Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. This wonÂt be unconstrained applause, to be sure. Roosevelt, after all, pursued awful policies that lengthened and deepened the economic misery of the 1930s. can see from this video, the Âeconomic bill of rights that he wanted after WWII was downright malicious.