[mac_truck]

[mac_truck]

morning AP, have some cake.

[afuturegovernor]

The Grand Ole Party turns 150 years old.

[TaMoDee]

There are three locations that deal with the start of the Republican Party. The very first meeting of persons forming the Party was a Ripon Wisconsin on March 20, 1854 in the now famous "Little White School House". Next the "Under the Oaks" meeting in Jackson a few month later on July 6, 1854.
Lastly the first national meeting in Pittsburgh, PA on February 22, 1856. The Birthday of the Party is usually held on March 20th.

[right way right]

Happy Bithday! To the party of just a little less government than the Democrat party!

[Free Vulcan]

I thought Crawfordsville was always blowing smoke, but I guess they were in on the founding of the party.

[Southack]

"On JULY 6th, 1854 - The REPUBLICAN PARTY WAS BORN!"

Happy Birthday President Bush!

"George W. Bush is the 43rd President of the United States. Birthday July 6, 1946 Hometown Midland, Texas."

[BillyBoy]

BUMP!

[Republican Wildcat]

bttt

[billbears]

Whether slavery shall go into Nebraska, or other new territories, is not a matter of exclusive concern to the people who may go there. The whole nation is interested that the best use shall be made of these territories. We want them for the homes of free white people. This they cannot be, to any considerable extent, if slavery shall be planted within them. Slave States are places for poor white people to remove FROM; not to remove TO. New free States are the places for poor people to go to and better their condition. For this use, the nation needs these territories.--abraham lincoln Oct 16,1854

1857-- Democrats lowered tariffs further. An economic panic hit soon thereafter, precipitating a fall-off in imports in the wake of the recession that followed. Government revenues plummeted by 30%. In response, the nascent Republican Party called for higher tariffs.

In order for the bond program to be successful, the North needed an unrestricted currency supply for citizens to pay for them and a source of income to guarantee the interest. The Legal Tender Act filled the first requirement. Passed in February, 1862, the Act authorized the issue of $150 million in Treasury notes, known as Greenbacks.

Tax History Museum

The Civil War was expected to be short and relatively low cost. Treasury Secretary Salmon Chase initially financed the war effort by borrowing. As Northern losses mounted, it became obvious that the war would be long, bloody, and expensive. The Revenue Act of 1862 increase taxes dramatically, including the first federal income tax, the creation of the Office of Internal Revenue, and the first federal use of adhesive revenue stamps. The total cost of the war to the federal government was $3 billion, about a quarter of it financed through taxes, customs duties, and other federal revenues

Financing the Civil War

Yeah happy birthday, first deficit this large in the nation's history, fiat money, the first income tax, and internal improvements that brought forth a bankrupt railroad. The Republican Party of the 1800s was not the conservative party of the time

[TheEaglehasLanded]

This is year 149

[CarmelValleyite]

Which "version" of the GOP would we be celebrating? The original, or the one that has made guns and abortion their most important issues?

[Protagoras]

The party was born on that day, but has recently expired. It has joined the opposition.

[reformed_democrat]

And a Happy Birthday to us all!

Good thread, mac. But GEEZ! You sure know how to bring all the crabs out of their shells, don't you.

[Jhoffa_]

...and has apparently developed Alzheimer’s.

[Bob J]

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