Are we all now pro government regulation?

Evince,

Have you ever had a job? My theory is that you have not, but if you have, it was a public sector job. You have no clue how free markets work, because you've never been a participant. Why don't you answer my question.
 
Technically, Madison was a Democrat. Obviously the beliefs of Madison in no way resemble the policies of the modern Democratic Party. They're polar opposites.

evince said:
so who was the best republican president in your minds?
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Ronald Reagan followed by Calvin Coolidge.

And don't blame Coolidge for the GD. That's bullshit.
 
Tabasco said:
Technically, Madison was a Democrat. Obviously the beliefs of Madison in no way resemble the policies of the modern Democratic Party. They're polar opposites.
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It was right around Lincolns time that the 'magnetic shift' happened for republicans and democrats. So Madisons democratic views are what became republican views after the civil war.
 
Threedee said:
Actually, my #2 after Washington is Monroe. Madison was a horrible president, though. And he was a Jeffersonian, while Monroe leaned towards the National Republican (Whig) side of the aisle. Not all James' are created equal...
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Madison followed the law to the letter and posited for a limited government. Though he wasn't very successful at it, it is what made him a great republican.
 
SmarterThanYou said:
It was right around Lincolns time that the 'magnetic shift' happened for republicans and democrats. So Madisons democratic views are what became republican views after the civil war.
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Not entirely accurate. Grover Cleveland believed in small, limited government, free markets and the gold standard. So did William Jennings Bryan, if I am not mistaken. The Dems started going downhill with the election of Woodrow Wilson.
 
Tabasco said:
Not entirely accurate. Grover Cleveland believed in small, limited government, free markets and the gold standard. So did William Jennings Bryan, if I am not mistaken. The Dems started going downhill with the election of Woodrow Wilson.
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I dunno. Bryan was rather the fundamentalist - if you'll remember, he was the prosecuting side during the monkey trials. He was also a silver Democrat, wanting rampant inflation, as opposed to Cleaveland, who was the gold Democrat.
 
Yeah, Bryant was an idiot, and a Bimetalist, meaning he supported silver. Cleveland's school of Dems were known as the Bourbans.
 
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