Could Bernie Sanders be compared to Theodore Roosevelt?

Certainly in the sense that both intended to save capitalism from self-inflicted injuries driven by greed. Teddy Roosevelt did it by busting up the big trusts of his day. Bernie is focused on the banks that are too big to fail. read more

Bernie Sanders has also proposed cleaning up and regulating the big banks that currently control our economy. He has also proposed cleaning up the unethical business practices on Wall Street; something that I'm pretty sure Theodore Roosevelt could relate to and support. read more

Sanders isn’t much of a socialist compared to F.D.R., either. At the heart of Roosevelt’s program was the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, which greatly strengthened the hand of unions, essential parts of every welfare-capitalist order in the twentieth century, from Scandinavia to Canada. read more