He supported a smaller government and lower taxes

Reduced government expenditure and lower tax rates were two objectives that Coolidge would order his administration to work toward. In order to lessen the tax burden now carried by the American people, Coolidge declared that he wanted to ensure more efficiency in government by applying the principles of constructive economics. The goal is to reduce government spending, but not just that. Those are merely the methods. the elimination of taxes.

He continued, saying that excessive taxation is "nothing more or less than a limitation upon the people's freedom." The task of cutting spending and taxes was a "gigantic undertaking" for Coolidge's administration, but it was also necessary and critical. He said that his goal was to let people to keep more of the money they make for themselves rather than giving it to the government. This translates into better business, more creature comforts, an overall improvement in the economy, more opportunities for education, and more freedom for everyone. In essence, it is returning our nation to its citizens. It endows them again with higher spiritual as well as material values.

President Harding had already begun to reduce tax rates throughout the 1920s, but it was equally crucial to reduce government spending at the same time. In contrast to the progressive doctrine, which called for a more powerful central government run by an administrative and regulatory bureaucracy, Coolidge supported a small-government approach. This, according to Coolidge, was unconstitutional. Government excess, according to Coolidge, "violates not only the fundamental tenets of our Constitution but also the very creativity of American institutions."