The Whigs were not supply siders. They were the big government party. Not big government for helping the poor, but still big government to promote industry. Jackson represented laissez faire.
many workers supported Jackson's anti bank rhetoric because they were often cheated by paper money. Like the Dems., Jacksonians relied on an urban vote, even though they did not deliver much to that constituency. On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 06:32:42PM -0400, Louis Proyect wrote: > > Wilentz informs us, for example: > > >>A century and a half before Reagan's election, the Whigs worked out the > basic ideas of supply-side, trickle-down economics. They acclaimed the > romance of risk and private investment and a compelling but simplistic view > of America as, in one widely used Whig phrase, "a country of self-made > men." These views would reappear in Reagan's and Newt Gingrich's > celebrations of a coming "opportunity society," later reformulated by > George W. Bush as the "ownership society." The Whigs also dismissed the > Jacksonians' attacks on the privileged classes as demagogic - much as Bush, > running in 2000 as a unifying "compassionate conservative," labeled his > opponent's criticisms of corporate power and tax breaks for the wealthy a > mean-spirited effort "to wage class warfare to get ahead."<< --- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
