A political and economic conservative, he had never liked the expansion of state function that came with the Great Society, as a congressman opposing medicare, federal aid to education, and housing subsities.  As a president, he tried to trim federal expenditures. – Pg. 322

President Gerald Ford represented a generation that strongly fought against government expansion and held closely to conservative ideals. With massive uprisings and support from college youth generation in the 1960’s for the Democratic party, he opposed much of the laws that were being instituted. During the 1970’s, stagflation became a large problem in our country, with many citizens looked for supportive ways to help the country recover. President Ford’s response was to reduce federal intervention and introduce the WIN program, which relied on citizens to change their habits by a slight margin. Though unfortunately his ideas were largely ignored by Congress and the public, Freeman likely believed that President Ford’s character as the anti-democratic leader was still important in the formation of domestic policies and the future of the country.