Paterson called the Constitution “the greatest political document ever struck off at one time by the mind of men.” Her discussion of American history and political life defended classical republican principles against pure democracy; fingered slavery as the “fault in the structure” the Founders built; attacked public schooling and conscription as rank tyranny; and radically assaulted the growth in government since the Progressive Era and the New Deal. Influenced by the thinking of Old Right journalist Garet Garrett, she saw the Depression as triggered by inflationary action and too much debt during the ’20s and exacerbated by government attempts to maintain wages and prices and its refusal to let businesses fail. While she was unaware of their works, here and in her thoughts on the value of hard money over paper she echoed the ideas of two other powerful influences on modern libertarianism, Austrian economists Ludwig Von Mises and F.A. Hayek. She probably wouldn't like the current crop or Republicrats running Washington either.
I read these years ago. I was surprised to find out that others actually agreed with me on economics and government. However, few if any elected officials ever do.