Excellent start!
To begin with, America's Founders never envisioned that the "state" would own and run "enterprises." They understood human nature and the human tendency to abuse power, once delegated. Owning previously private companies would never have entered their minds.
Second, to "emphasize a national policy" is not morally equivalent to a "command" economy. Rather, it would be a return to what James Madison called "the benign influence" of a responsible government. The "national policy" of the Founders of this free society was to prohibit the government from interfering in what they called the "individual enterprise" of "We, the People," thereby allowing opportunity, creativity, innovation, and prosperity to thrive.
That is a "benign" government--not one of "malignant" tendencies to grow and stifle economic the growth and prosperity of its citizens.
Next, to "provide tax credits" for education and retraining is the opposite of the current power-hungry controllers of education. Rather, they believe in adding more and more "taking" in "taxes" so that they can buy votes from the huge bureaucracies they have created. These ideas are the opposite of America's Founders' principles.
The writer cited on this thread did not provide recommendations for state command, but for freeing up the citizenry to accomplish what Americans accomplished in the first 200 years.
Thank you. Colonel Frank Ryan is a small government, constitutional government advocate. He believes in what the founding fathers gave us in the way of government. He is opposed to the way we have moved towards a collectivist government.
I hate putting any more words in his mouth. But he has made his own ideas public on his website ( http://federalistpapers2.org/index.htm ) and in the media. You can also find him on Youtube ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9gLV-M5_G8 ).
As a retired Marine Colonel and a successful businessman with a strong financial background, he speaks from knowledge and experience. Our conservative movement should be proud to have a man like this fighting on the front line in this battle of ideologies.