[em2vn]

All governments control economic activity. What about his economic positions distress you? Is it his resistance to free trade and the obvious harm its does to our way of life?

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

All governments control economic activity.

Mr. Buchanan wishes to impose a higher level of control than absolutely necessary.

Is it his resistance to free trade and the obvious harm its does to our way of life?

First, when someone says that something does "obvious harm," that is begging the question. Free trade does not cause obvious harm.