To: ek_hornbeck
In fairness in the 1830s and 1840s Lincoln was a Whig and there policies favored, for example, lots of government spending on canals and other infrastructure plus tariffs and strong currency. The whig party wasn’t particularly conservative in the sense of “small government” and using their platform from almost 200 years ago isn’t a good analog to today’s GOP.
To: pepsi_junkie
In fairness in the 1830s and 1840s Lincoln was a Whig and there policies favored, for example, lots of government spending on canals and other infrastructure plus tariffs and strong currency. The whig party wasnt particularly conservative in the sense of small government and using their platform from almost 200 years ago isnt a good analog to todays GOP.Investing in infrastructure is a legitimate function of the Federal Government. If minarchist purists had their way, we'd still be driving on dirt county roads rather than using the interstate, and transporting everything on river barges rather than railways.
To: pepsi_junkie
The whig party wasnt particularly conservative in the sense of small government and using their platform from almost 200 years ago isnt a good analog to todays GOP. Maybe Marx and Engels would be more appropriate.
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05/26/2016 10:44:26 AM PDT by
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