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Thomas Sowell is calling it CORRECTLY !

...Trump boasts that he can make deals, among his many other boasts. But is a deal-maker what this country needs at this crucial time? b>Is not one of the biggest criticisms of today's Congressional Republicansthat they have made all too many deals with Democrats,betraying the principles on which they ran for office? Bipartisan deals -- so beloved by media pundits -- have produced some of the great disasters in American history. Contrary to the widespread viewthat the Great Depression of the 1930s was caused by the stock market crash of 1929, unemployment never reached double digits in any of the 12 months that followed the stock market crash in October, 1929. Unemployment was 6.3 percent in June 1930 when a Democratic Congress and a Republican president made a bipartisan deal that produced the Smoot-Hawley tariffs. Within 6 months, unemployment hit double digits --and stayed in double digits throughout the entire decade of the 1930s. You want deals?There was never a more politically successful deall than that which Neville Chamberlain made in Munich in 1938.He was hailed as a hero, not only by his own party but even by opposition parties, when he returned with a deal that Chamberlain said meant "peace for our time." But, just one year later, the biggest, bloodiest and most ghastly war in history began. If deal-making is your standard,didn't Barack Obama just make a deal with Iran --one that may have bigger and worse consequences than Chamberlain's deal? What kind of deals would Donald Trump make?He has already praised the Supreme Court's decision in "Kelo v. City of New London" which saidthat the government can seize private property to turn it over to another private party. That kind of decision is good for an operator like Donald Trump. Doubtless other decisions that he would make as president would also be good for Donald Trump,even if for nobody else.

Thank you for the large quote. Very helpful.

There are two kinds of deals — good and bad.

‘one of the biggest criticisms of today’s Congressional Republicans’

— BAD deals. That is the very point of the Trump campaign. They are horrible deal makers. Fifth-columnist-bad. So that’s actually a trick on Sowell’s part.

[Thought I’d never accuse Sowell of that.]

“politically successful deall than that which Neville Chamberlain ...”

Also a trick. Chamberlain was an appeaser. How can ANYONE say that Trump is appeasing muslims?

Goofy trick. He jumped the shark twice.

“Barack Obama just make a deal with Iran ...”

Doubling down on Jump the Shark 2.

“Kelo v. City of New London”

Finally, he scores!

Did Sowell hire someone else to write this? Very beneath him.

I admire Thomas Sowell and can forgive him for this in an instant, but he’s getting silly. Kelo was the only effective argument he made, and he buried it.