Confusing
1) the voluntary cooperation in the market economy for individual self interest and gain free of government meddling with
2) the coercion and force of government interference in the market economy forcing higher business costs for government self interest and bureaucratic gain,
is confusion indeed.
“2) the coercion and force of government interference in the market economy forcing higher business costs for government self interest and bureaucratic gain”
A ridiculous false choice, not called for by anyone outside the democrat party.
I have an idea. Why not just go back to the economic policies that made the United States the premier economic engine of the world.
Hint: It was not by using the current free trade agreements.
“free of government meddling”
Every nation on earth meddles in their economies. They always have, always will.
That was the stated rationale for the trade agreements. It didn’t work out.
So now, that is the stated reason for TPP. It is designed to entirely remove government control over the various economies and turn the control over to an unelected international cartel.
Does that comfort you?