Gilded Age President Grover Cleveland did not believe in fed…
Gilded Age President Grover Cleveland did not believe in federal aid for the welfare of the American citizens. With his in 1886 he claimed that “though the people support the government; the government should not support the people.” He would further elaborate that “federal aid in such cases encourages the expectation of paternal care on the part of the government, and weakens the sturdiness of our national character, while it prevents the indulgence among our people of that kindly sentiment and conduct which strengthens the bonds of a common brotherhood.”