Comments on: To What Extent Were Republican Policies Responsible for the 1920s Boom, and the 1930s Bust? http://akerue.net/blog/2006/11/to-what-extent-were-republican-policies-responsible-for-the-1920s-boom-and-the-1930s-bust/ Communications & Design Sat, 19 Feb 2011 18:44:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Craig http://akerue.net/blog/2006/11/to-what-extent-were-republican-policies-responsible-for-the-1920s-boom-and-the-1930s-bust/comment-page-1/#comment-214 Craig Sat, 19 Feb 2011 18:44:34 +0000 http://akerue.net/2006/11/09/to-what-extent-were-republican-policies-responsible-for-the-1920s-boom-and-the-1930s-bust/#comment-214 Hoover was not an advocate of Laissez Faire, and was not a low regulator or low taxer. He instituted Smoot Hawley, the largest tariff increase in US history at the time, and raised taxes significantly. Coolidge did not even want to endorse him because of his "years of daily unsolicited advice, all of it bad." You should not group him with Harding and Coolidge, as it is simply false. Good or bad, Coolidge was a breed of his own. Hoover was not an advocate of Laissez Faire, and was not a low regulator or low taxer.

He instituted Smoot Hawley, the largest tariff increase in US history at the time, and raised taxes significantly. Coolidge did not even want to endorse him because of his “years of daily unsolicited advice, all of it bad.”

You should not group him with Harding and Coolidge, as it is simply false. Good or bad, Coolidge was a breed of his own.

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