I hardly read the article; probably done with this arrogant pinhead forever.
George Will just needs to go away.
George Will has no place offering advice to Donald Trump. He disqualified himself a very long time ago.
Same goes for Kristol and Krauthammer.
Why does anyone give that pompous bastard any air time?
He has nothing of any value to offer this country.
“Protectionism is comprehensive government intervention in economic life.”
No, it is not. Protectionism is a shield to protect the economic life of the nation from foreign government thugs and robber barons. The Golden Rule is not a part of any nation’s economic policy. Does George Will really want the nation to bask under the tender mercies of the murderous Chinese government officials?
Northern industrialists were adamantly opposed to slavery because they figured the South would eventually man factories with slave labor. What is going on around the world is a labor force being paid with almost slave labor wages and having very little disposable income with which to buy American goods in reciprocity. That is, if Americans can still export anything at all.
Taxation is comprehensive government intervention in economic life, but no one actually believes it can be dispensed with entirely. Tariffs are taxes also which cannot be dispensed with entirely.