Something that historian needs to think about when he says Cleveland was stingy while spending government money: The only money a government has is that of the people the government represents. Grover Cleveland new that and made his decisions accordingly. A great man.
He's underrated by historians. Did a good job making sure the government didn't go beyond the boundaries it was supposed to be in. One of the few solid democrat presidents others being Truman, JFK, Polk, perhaps Jackson
These historians need to learn economics before they comment on the alleged failures of Grover Cleveland. I appreciate Grover Cleveland for precisely what the deem as failures-a laissez faire economic policy. Austrian Business Cycle Theory is something these historians could benefit from. It is funny that textbooks always hail "the great presidents" as the men who responsible for the most insensible wars or most interventionist policies causing lost of liberty. Historian r not happy w/o Big Gov.
