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{{cquote|...the secrecy in which foreign discussions have been conducted.}}
{{cquote|...the secrecy in which foreign discussions have been conducted.}}
Another key Old Right Republican figure elected in the 1942 midterms was businessman [[Howard Buffett]].<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=458270 NE - District 02 Race - Nov 03, 1942]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved October 16, 2021.</ref> Described as an "arch-conservative," Buffett was a leading opponent of foreign aid programs.<ref>April 30, 1964. [https://www.nytimes.com/1964/04/30/archives/howard-buffett-60-an-excongressman.html HOWARD BUFFETT, 60, AN EX‐CONGRESSMAN]. ''The New York Times''. Archived version available [https://archive.is/QctLT here]. Retrieved October 16, 2021.</ref>
Another key Old Right Republican figure elected in the 1942 midterms was businessman [[Howard Buffett]].<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=458270 NE - District 02 Race - Nov 03, 1942]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved October 16, 2021.</ref> Described as an "arch-conservative," Buffett was a leading opponent of foreign aid programs.<ref>April 30, 1964. [https://www.nytimes.com/1964/04/30/archives/howard-buffett-60-an-excongressman.html HOWARD BUFFETT, 60, AN EX‐CONGRESSMAN]. ''The New York Times''. Archived version available [https://archive.is/QctLT here]. Retrieved October 16, 2021.</ref> A member of the [[John Birch Society]], Buffett would later write in 1956:<ref>Klein, Philip (September 20, 2012). [https://web.archive.org/web/20120119122137/http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/buffett-vs-buffett Buffett's dad was the Ron Paul of his day]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved October 16, 2021.</ref>
{{cquote|Today’s situation is the result of an alarming and devious governmental intervention in the economic affairs of the nation for objectives not contemplated by the men who wrote the Constitution.
Historically, in America the producer was protected by government in the enjoyment of the fruits of his labors. That protection of his property explains the glorious material progress already recounted.
The last 40 years have seen a gigantic expansion of political power over economic affairs by the federal government. This change is linked by many scholars to the passage of the income tax law in 1913.}}
===1950s: Taft vs. Eisenhower, decline of the Old Right===
===1950s: Taft vs. Eisenhower, decline of the Old Right===