Coming into office after the Great War and the chaos that followed it, President Coolidge sought to return the country to a peacetime basis—“normalcy,” as Warren Harding, his predecessor, called it. He refocused the government on executing its core responsibilities and made it function efficiently, effectively, and economically. If there was one thing Coolidge knew how to do, it was to make each taxpayer’s dollar sweat. In doing so, he made maximum use of the newly created Bureau of the Budget. On his watch, the massive war debt was paid down and taxes cut or eliminated for most Americans….He presided over an exciting and vital decade—marked by individual freedom and bursts of creativity—that ushered in the modern age. It is worth noting that Coolidge was our first radio president, welcoming the new medium and making full use of it. Most Americans had never known a period of such prosperity and well being….Internationally, Coolidge, who was never an isolationist, saw the role of the United States as a democratic model for other nations. While minding its own business, as Coolidge would put it, the United States offered a helping hand to nations in need, as in the case of the 1923 Japanese earthquake and in providing expert technical assistance to governments on financial affairs. He worked for peace though naval reductions, while seeking to bring about the reign of international law in his support for World Court membership and the Kellogg-Briand Treaty. The Coolidge Administration also sought to revive international trade by helping to restore the international gold standard…. Coolidge was a man for his time. His popularity steadily increased throughout his presidency. Re-election would have come easily for him in 1928 if he had chosen to run. At the end of his term in March of 1929, his work done, Calvin Coolidge packed his grip and returned to his home in Northampton, Massachusetts, there to live out his remaining days among his friends and neighbors.