To: sangrila
"Lincoln would probably be considered more conservative than any politician is, or would at least ever admit to being in modern American politics."
LOL! Not quite. The foundation of his and his party (both Whig then later Republican) economic policy was high protectionist tariffs, taxpayer subsidies for railroads and other corporations (corporate welfare) and the nationalization of the money supply to pay for this. Lincoln also instated the first national income tax.
88 posted on
02/04/2006 10:14:44 AM PST by
libertarianben
(Looking for sanity and his hard to find cousin common sense)
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