Coolidge cut the budget, and even better, cut it during peace and prosperity. He left a federal budget lower than the one that greeted him when he arrived in office. He managed to freeze or cut the budget over more than five years in office. If you look at charts of presidents - Nixon, Ike, and Reagan - you see them failing on this score.
Amity ShlaesCoolidge really hated government being in the power business. He thought it was wrong. He saw the potential for growth in the power business. He didn't want the federal government in it.
Amity ShlaesOur conscience, our faith, our local community, even our online hobby clubs - all civilize us.
Amity ShlaesAlthough unions may be good for a worker, singular, they are not always good for workers, plural. Especially when it comes to finding a job.
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