Disagree entirely. Perry would be like Taft only if you were compared Perry to Taft's grandson Gov. Bob Taft. Coolidge governed as one of the most staunch conservative Republicans ever in the White House, perhaps even more conservative than Reagan. Coolidge distained regulations and taxes to the point where only 2% of taxpayers paid any federal income tax by 1927. Perry only talks tough to excite supporters at tea party rallies, but governs right-of-center and doesn't want to offend Democrats or rock the boat.
Historic comparison: GWB, GWHB, Gerald Ford, perhaps Truman (another tough talking establishment guy)
Calvin Coolidge governed as one of the most staunch conservative Republicans ever in the White House>>>>>>>>
Definitely more conservative than Ronald Reagan and from Massachusetts to boot! Both Reagan and Coolidge famously broke up public employees strikes. For Coolidge it was the 1919 Boston police strike
One has to look at Coolodge’s career as a state legislator. He was not untouched by the progressive ideas of the time, and did not disdain active goverment. Very effective leader of both House sand Senate. Not a good platform speaker, as he acknowledged, but was the first President to speak to the nation on radio, and was quite good at it. A literate man, he certainly was the last president educated in the classical way, and could read Greek. Coolidge indeed reduced government significantly, but that was something began during the Harding Administration, and was as much a result of sharply reducing military and naval expenditures. He probably would have been more active as President except for the untimely death of his son, which, as he admitted left the taste of ashes in his mouth.Probably he was profoundly depressed. Certainly the energy, the decisiveness which was there before —though nothing like that of TR or Hoover—dissipated.