[ex 98C MI Dude]

I am pleased to say that I helped enrich you slightly and bump your book up the ratings last night. Can’t wait for it to arrive!

[MadelineZapeezda]

Congratulations, Larry. I thought it may shoot up in sales when Glenn held it up to the camera and suggested it should be required reading on his show last night!! who hoo!!!!!

[Elle Bee]

I've learned a new appreciation of the anti-Wilson - Calvin Coolidge

The political genius of President Coolidge, Walter Lippmann pointed out in 1926, was his talent for effectively doing nothing: "This active inactivity suits the mood and certain of the needs of the country admirably. It suits all the business interests which want to be let alone.... And it suits all those who have become convinced that government in this country has become dangerously complicated and top-heavy...."

During Coolidge's presidency the United States experienced the period of rapid economic growth known as the "Roaring Twenties." He left the administration's industrial policy in the hands of his Secretary of Commerce, Herbert Hoover. Coolidge and Hoover agreed in their belief that government should be largely absent from the business world. With the exception of favoring increased tariffs, Coolidge disdained regulation, and carried about this belief by appointing commissioners to the Federal Trade Commission and the Interstate Commerce Commission who did little to restrict the activities of businesses under their jurisdiction. The regulatory state under Coolidge was, as one biographer described it, "thin to the point of invisibility."

Coolidge's taxation policy, and that of his Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew Mellon, was that taxes should be lower and that fewer people should have to pay them. Congress agreed, and the tax burden on Americans was reduced in Coolidge's term. In addition to these tax cuts, Coolidge proposed reductions in federal expenditures and retiring some of the federal debt. Coolidge's ideas were shared by the Republicans in Congress, and in 1924 Congress passed the Revenue Act of 1924, which reduced income tax rates and eliminated all income taxation for some two million people. They reduced taxes again by passing the Revenue Acts of 1926 and 1928, all the while continuing to keep spending down so as to reduce the overall federal debt. By 1927, only the richest 2% of taxpayers paid any income tax. Although federal spending remained flat during Coolidge's administration, allowing one-fourth of the federal debt to be retired, state and local governments saw considerable growth, surpassing the federal budget in 1927.

Coolidge had been lukewarm on the choice of Hoover as his successor; on one occasion he remarked that "for six years that man has given me unsolicited advice—all of it bad." Even so, Coolidge had no desire to split the party by publicly opposing the popular Commerce Secretary's nomination. The delegates did consider nominating Vice President Charles Dawes to be Hoover's running mate, but the convention selected Senator Charles Curtis instead.

[reagan_fanatic]

Congrats to ya!!

[SunkenCiv]

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[2ndDivisionVet]

Way to go! Glad to hear it! I take it’s the opposite of the late Howard Zinn’s tome?

[2ndDivisionVet]

Way to go! Glad to hear it! I take it’s the opposite of the late Howard Zinn’s tome?

[Captain Beyond]

Congrats on Book again!!! Good Job. I got my copy last week. Have not finished it but so far it is great. So congrats and thanks for putting this together to better arm us in our fight against progressives and their socialist agenda that is trying to overtake our government today. The more we educate ourselves and others the better off we will be as nation.

[caww]

Big man on campus! Congradulations for the excellant work!

[FrogMom]

Congrats, I ordered it last night!

[Ghengis]

Congratulations! Well Done!!

[ForGod'sSake]

Go on witcho bad self!!!

Great news!

[colorado tanker]

Congratulations, Larry. This is a long overdue success.

May you lead the countercharge against the Zinn hate-America historians!

[twigs]

Congratulations! I have a copy and should have taken you up on your offer to sign it! I’m looking forward to reading it.

[Dr. Thorne]

Way to go, Larry! It’s about time.

[Stat-boy]

We have A Patriot’s History.

We ordered it several years ago. I seem to recall my wife read about it in World Magazine. I had no idea a Freeper was involved. Thank you very much.

[infidel29]

Congratulations, I’ll have to put in an order on Amazon.

[big'ol_freeper]

Congrats! I have a backlog of books to read so had not ordered a copy..but ok front of the line. I’ll order from Amazon tonight.

[InvisibleChurch]

Dude, you rock! Love your book.