Comments on: Calvin Coolidge explains taxes http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/24/calvin-coolidge-explains-taxes/ Questions through the veil of ignorance Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:08:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Lance http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/24/calvin-coolidge-explains-taxes/comment-page-1/#comment-225906 Lance Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:14:24 +0000 http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=2243#comment-225906 A neocon? Do you have any idea what neocon's believe? To place the blame for the Great Depression on Coolidge is ridiculous. Hoover maybe, and you are right, those resisting Obama's policies should pay attention to Hoover, because Bush and Obama have done their best to go down the Hoover path. Contra myth, Hoover was an activist President whose spending profligacy and big government tendencies Roosevelt campaigned against. Of course, once in power he decided Hoover was right, and proceeded to increase governments role even more. How did that work out? Anyway, Coolidge and Hoover could not have been more different, nor are Coolidge's beliefs similar to neo-cons (who generally favor a large and active state, Coolidge most assuredly did not.) In fact, Neo-con philosophy is far more similar to Roosevelt than Coolidge, from the activist foreign and domestic policies, belief in large social safety nets and government organizations, and a belief that the state is more important than individual freedoms. Coolidge opposed all that. A neocon? Do you have any idea what neocon’s believe?

To place the blame for the Great Depression on Coolidge is ridiculous. Hoover maybe, and you are right, those resisting Obama’s policies should pay attention to Hoover, because Bush and Obama have done their best to go down the Hoover path. Contra myth, Hoover was an activist President whose spending profligacy and big government tendencies Roosevelt campaigned against. Of course, once in power he decided Hoover was right, and proceeded to increase governments role even more. How did that work out?

Anyway, Coolidge and Hoover could not have been more different, nor are Coolidge’s beliefs similar to neo-cons (who generally favor a large and active state, Coolidge most assuredly did not.) In fact, Neo-con philosophy is far more similar to Roosevelt than Coolidge, from the activist foreign and domestic policies, belief in large social safety nets and government organizations, and a belief that the state is more important than individual freedoms. Coolidge opposed all that.

]]> By: Tom Donahue http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/24/calvin-coolidge-explains-taxes/comment-page-1/#comment-225905 Tom Donahue Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:01:45 +0000 http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=2243#comment-225905 Sounds like a Neocon to me. No wonder he, with the help of Hoover, lead us into the great depression. People fighting against Obama's reforms ought to listen to this. Sounds like a Neocon to me. No wonder he, with the help of Hoover, lead us into the great depression. People fighting against Obama’s reforms ought to listen to this.

]]> By: Roland Dodds http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/24/calvin-coolidge-explains-taxes/comment-page-1/#comment-74598 Roland Dodds Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:07:12 +0000 http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=2243#comment-74598 What was with that opening image? It looked awesome, but there is something sinister about having a bunch of elfish women and some goat playing a flute in the background of a presidential speech. Maybe LaRouche was right… :) What was with that opening image? It looked awesome, but there is something sinister about having a bunch of elfish women and some goat playing a flute in the background of a presidential speech.

Maybe LaRouche was right… :)

]]> By: Lance http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/24/calvin-coolidge-explains-taxes/comment-page-1/#comment-74406 Lance Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:47:51 +0000 http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=2243#comment-74406 He had other virtues as well. In an era when his political opponents, Wilson, Roosevelt, had decidedly atavistic views on race, Coolidge was in the fine tradition of early Republicans. He had other virtues as well. In an era when his political opponents, Wilson, Roosevelt, had decidedly atavistic views on race, Coolidge was in the fine tradition of early Republicans.

]]> By: ChrisB http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/24/calvin-coolidge-explains-taxes/comment-page-1/#comment-74404 ChrisB Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:41:57 +0000 http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=2243#comment-74404 Coolidge has always been one of my favorite presidents. I didn't realize there were any movie recordings of him. Awesome to see. Coolidge has always been one of my favorite presidents. I didn’t realize there were any movie recordings of him. Awesome to see.

]]> By: MichaelW http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/24/calvin-coolidge-explains-taxes/comment-page-1/#comment-74363 MichaelW Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:05:17 +0000 http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=2243#comment-74363 That's a pretty cool find, Lance. I knew Coolidge had a reputation for shrinking government, but I don't know much else about him. After brushing up at Wikipedia, he reminds me in many ways of Fred. Same sort of federalism; same attitude towards taxes and growth; same attitude towards farm subsidies; even a pretty similar campaigning style (which, ironically, suggests that Coolidge couldn't be elected today, seeing as how he didn't want it enough). Anyway, good find. That’s a pretty cool find, Lance. I knew Coolidge had a reputation for shrinking government, but I don’t know much else about him. After brushing up at Wikipedia, he reminds me in many ways of Fred. Same sort of federalism; same attitude towards taxes and growth; same attitude towards farm subsidies; even a pretty similar campaigning style (which, ironically, suggests that Coolidge couldn’t be elected today, seeing as how he didn’t want it enough).

Anyway, good find.

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