[1010RD]

If only we had better central planners than they do! Look what central planning did for the Soviets, Cubans, North Koreans and Venezuelans.

I mean how can conservatives be so stupid as to believe in central planning?

[central_va]

Modern free traders, on the other hand, embrace their ideal with a passion that makes Robespierre seem prudent. They allow no room for practicality, nuance or flexibility. They embrace unbridled free trade, even as it helps China become a superpower.

They see only bright lines, even when it means bowing to the whims of anti-American bureaucrats at the World Trade Organization. They oppose any trade limitations, even if we must depend on foreign countries to feed ourselves or equip our military.

They see nothing but dogma - no matter how many jobs are lost, how high the trade deficit rises or how low the dollar falls.

The venerable history of protectionism

[Gaffer]

I am not talking about central planning. I’m talking about a long term view that isn’t skewed to change voting demographics.

A perfect long term view would be to do as much as possible within the purview of the Constitution to get government the hell out of everybody’s business. Incentivize business where it has authority and stop its intrusion where it has no authority under the Constitution.

It is no accident that China has relaxed its views on capitalism, entrepreneurship and the like over the last few decades.