- "This is the largest tax bill in history," the Republican leader fumed. The reform "is unjust, unworkable, stupidly drafted and wastefully financed. We must repeal! The Republican Party is pledged to do this." Who was it? 1936 presidential nominee Alf Landon, about social security. He lost to FDR. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/19/ar2010031902636.html 28 comments politics