[re_nortex]

Ronald Reagan admired Calvin Coolidge. That alone speaks volumes about one of our most Conservative presidents. This 1924 video is still inspirational, as not-so-silent Cal explains the benefits of very limited government.

[Huck]

"If the power of laying imposts will not be sufficient, some other specific mode of raising a revenue should have been assigned the general government; many may be suggested in which their power may be accurately defined and limited, and it would be much better to give them authority to lay and collect a duty on exports, not to exceed a certain rate per cent, than to have surrendered every kind of resource that the country has, to the complete abolition of the state governments, and which will introduce such an infinite number of laws and ordinances, fines and penalties, courts, and judges, collectors, and excisemen, that when a man can number them, he may enumerate the stars of Heaven. "

BRUTUS

[Raider Sam]

Plus, he broke a police strike and laid off the strikers because he felt that police shouldnt be able to strike, because they are the legal enforcement in the city.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

A recent biography was written about him which I thoroughly enjoyed. If you ask people what domestic project if any would you have supported, almost everyone would say the TVA. However, Coolidge opposed the TVA tooth-and-nail, but ultimately lost the battle.

I finally got around to reading "Cadillac Desert" and reminded myself once again what a disaster government projects are in general, and the TVA in particular.