Warren G. Harding Quotes
I can't make a damn thing out of this tax problem. I listen to one side and they seem right—and then I talk to the other side and they seem just as right, and here I am where I started. God, what a job!
Warren G. Harding, 1865-1923, 29th President of the United States (Republican), Quoted in New York Times, October 5, 1952
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Most historians agree with that Harding was very well qualified for the job. (See {622567} & {622568}),)And he personally did not have any great ambition to be president. He was a very affable man who spent much of his time drinking, playing cards, and having women entertain with his political buddies. His wife however, was a very accomplished and powerful newspaper publisher and she insisted that he run and he won. He continued his entertainment with his cronies and was a very weak president.
This is the basis for the difference between tax evasion which is illegal and tax avoidance which is legal—made so by this Supreme Court decision.
Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923. A member of the Republican Party, he was one of the most popular U.S. presidents to that point. After his death, a number of scandals, including Teapot Dome, came to light, as did his extramarital affair with Nan Britton; those eroded his popular regard.