Nixon's Policies Expanded Bureaucracy and Centralized Power
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Nixon expanded government bureaucracy through policies like wage and price controls, environmental regulations, and affirmative action. His rhetoric was more conservative than his policies.
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Nixon's spending, along with poor Federal Reserve policy, contributed to high inflation in the 1970s, similar to policies today.
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Nixon created agencies and programs that entrenched identity politics and allowed unelected bureaucrats to hamper economic growth.
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Although Nixon wanted to limit the federal bureaucracy later, the legislation he signed earlier centralized power in Washington.
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Conservatives should remember deeds over words matter, and centralized federal power must be reduced to limit the administrative state.