How Did Calvin Coolidge Influence The Government

The thirtieth president was a man full of many honorable, conservative values held to his dear heart not only for our country, but for the future of government and the presidents after him. He had a heart for others that continued even after his son Calvin died, during his presidency he never would turn away a boy who desired to see him or even make them wait at all, as he told Colonel Starling after a boy came to the fence of the White House wanting to tell the president “how sorry [he] was that his little boy died.” This amazing president’s name was Calvin Coolidge. Calvin held a belief that the color of someone’s skin did not define them; that everyone was deserving of the same treatment and pay. In retrospect Calvin Coolidge was one of the few presidents to truly be concerned about people without fear of showing his emotions to the world that he cared so deeply for. …show more content…
Most of his presidency involved Calvin trying to increase the revenue coming into the government so he could reduce the national debt that seemed like it would never go away. He constantly had meetings with General Lord, who was the director of the bureau of the budget, about what they could cut to reduce spending in hopes to diminish the national debt that kept Calvin, thinking regardless of where he was or who he was with; he wanted the debt as far gone as he could manage. Trying to reduce the national debt he cut taxes more than ever, more so than even Harding, who came before him, which showed that Calvin Coolidge was for a small government and pushed for one when at all possible. He believed that government should not be able to dictate the lives of everyone else; their power should be limited so that our great nation can truly be