Party: Republican
Home State: Indiana
Term: 1889-1893
Benjamin Harrison started the practice of law and politics at an early age. The grandson of ninth president William Henry Harrison (who is not ranked in this series), he served as Senator of Indiana for several years and was known as a proponent of several policies that would transform the United States permanently. Despite his legacy as a poor president, he was a transformative one, and set the stage for several things to come. I believe that the reason Harrison is forgotten is because of his boring, brash personality. Even politicians who agreed with him politically had troubles, such as Secretary of State James Blaine, who resigned in 1892 due to being immensely displeased by Harrison. Despite him being ''the human iceberg'', he certainly was a political footnote.
DOMESTIC POLICY
Economics
The economic policy of Benjamin Harrison was one of big spending, high tariffs and trust-busting. It was directed by William Windom and Charles Foster, two of Harrison's Treasury Secretaries. His policies also got the support of another popular Republican, John Sherman, who almost got the Republican nomination for president in 1880 and previously served in the Hayes Administration. Big government spending was a characteristic of this period of time, which is why the 51st Congress is also known as the ''Billion-Dollar Congress''.
The first ever anti-trust legislation was presented to Congress, in hopes of breaking up monopolies. Titled the Sherman Antitrust Act, due to John Sherman sponsoring and writing most of the law, it passed with much support from the 51st Congress. Despite Harrison being immensely passionate about the law, critics argued that he didn't efficiently enforce the law. No matter the case, it set the precedent for future antitrust legislation to come.
Harrison also promoted tariffs, as did politicians like future president William McKinley, Senator Nelson Aldrich, Representative Nelson Dingley Jr. and State Secretary James Blaine. In 1890, the McKinley Tariff was drafted by then Representative McKinley, which would have raised the average tariff rate on items like wool and tin plates. Against his expectations, however, the tariff was heavily disliked by both foreign powers (like Great Britain) and the American public, mostly the lower class. Many argued it was a heavy hit at farmers, who already experienced higher prices.
By far, however, Harrison's biggest economic legislative acc
... keep reading on reddit ➡I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
They’re on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
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This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
You take away their little brooms
There hasn't been a post all year!
It’s pronounced “Noel.”
After all his first name is No-vac
What, then, is Chinese rap?
Edit:
Notable mentions from the comments:
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Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits
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French/Finnish art
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Country/Canadian rap
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Chinese/Country/Canadian rock
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Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap
There hasn't been a single post this year!
(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)
Nothing, it just waved
Him: I can explain everything!
(It's his best joke yet I think)
