Was George Washington a conservative because he was a big fan of protecting domestic industry? A free trade country in a world practicing universal mercantilism will soon find it drained of all resources over time.
I don’t give a crap what GW thought 250 years ago - the world has changed beyond his wildest imagination, the age of globalization rewards those who are able, not those who are on welfare.
If anything you are the one espousing communist welfare ideology.