Originally Posted by Bwipilot

Take a look at Lincoln and the current GOP platforms.

Lincoln was for a strong union--not division between the north and the south. He wanted a strong US military--he knew he'd need it to keep the country together. Lincoln was against the expansion of slavery--and latter against all slavery. He was for the development of the west--and used the Homestead Act for citizens to accomplish that--without government support except title to the land. Lincoln was also for tariffs to protect domestic production.

Seems like the Republican party has returned to Lincoln's policies rather than abandoning them. I would counter that the Democrat party's economic platform is much closer to Karl Marx than JFK (who enacted tax cuts to stimulate the economy and worried about budget deficits).

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