“Those words could be lifted right out of a socialist manual. “
Nonsense. What Buchanan wrote reflects Wilhelm Roepke, the economist who was a great favorite at National Review back when it was run by adults and worth reading.
Interesting I guess but if you're intending to refute what I've said, this is certainly is not an argument. Put together a rationale yourself and don't simply refer to something or someone else as though that is any kind of an argument.
Ask yourself if you are or aren't for freedom. If not, why not. Why have so many American's and "conservatives" lost their love and understanding of liberty and freedom from government coercion? It's what this country was built on and what thousands and millions have yearned for and died for.