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Most libertarian US presidents

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sirmonty posted on Tue, Jan 27 2009 9:43 AM

Out of curiosity, who does Mises.org think are the 5 most libertarian presidents the US has ever had?

 

Obviously, none of them were 100%, but if you had to choose, who would they be?

 

EDIT:  Also, who do you feel are the top 5 least libertarian?

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And Harding? Why?

Because he kept us out of the League of Nations, responded to the depression of 1921 by actually reducing federal spending and taxes, and otherwise didn't do much, which means he didn't do much damage. Same with Cool Cal.

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I see.

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...I believe Tom Woods had some favorable things to say about Harding in this lecture

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This type of discussion is important by the fact that the it highlights why these obscure presidents were so good in contrast to why the most famous president are mostly so bad.

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