Sarah Palin calls Trump’s deal with Carrier ‘crony capitalism’

The Sacramento Bee ^ | December 2nd, 2016 | By Brian Murphy

[Mariner]

Former Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin, who is reportedly under consideration for a spot in President-elect Donald Trump’s administration, criticized Trump’s recent deal with Carrier to keep jobs in the United States.

Trump visited the Carrier plant in Indianapolis on Thursday and touted the deal during a speech after the visit in front of a Carrier banner.

Carrier will keep about 1,000 jobs in Indiana, instead of moving them to Mexico. In exchange, the state of Indiana is giving the company about $7 million in incentives. Vice president-elect Mike Pence in the current governor of Indiana.

“When government steps in arbitrarily with individual subsidies, favoring one business over others, it sets inconsistent, unfair, illogical precedent. Meanwhile, the invisible hand that best orchestrates a free people’s free enterprise system gets amputated,” Palin wrote in an op-ed published Friday by Young Conservatives.

“Then special interests creep in and manipulate markets. Republicans oppose this, remember? Instead we support competition on a level playing field, remember? Because we know special interest crony capitalism is one big fail.”

Palin, then the governor of Alaska, was on the 2008 Republican ticket with Arizona Senator John McCain. McCain and Palin lost to Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Palin was an early supporter of Trump, endorsing him in January of 2016.

[HiTech RedNeck]

It’s easy for her to talk, because she’s sitting on this big pool of Alaska oil. That won’t ever be outsourced to Mexico.

[boycott]

” Because we know special interest crony capitalism is one big fail.”

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Sarah, I would agree if everyone else was playing fair. But if they’re not playing fair, and they don’t, I don’t care.

[fatima]

Wow.

[TheNext]

Crony Socialism loses domestic jobs, such as from Rinos.

Crony Capitalism saved a few domestic jobs at Carrier.

Trump Capitalism are his tax cut proposals.

There, Palin, all corrected now.

[HiTech RedNeck]

I hope she corrects herself soon. Donald probably will shoot her a letter, explaining what’s up.

[Mariner]

“She should know better than this.”

One would think so.

[Cobra64]

Absolutely correct assessment.

[HiTech RedNeck]

The “crony capitalism” that benefited Carrier was, apparently, some kind of generic deal established by Indiana.

Which Carrier had already considered and refused before Donald Trump rode by on his white horse.

It’s absurd for Indianans to have to pay for pumping the swamp that Washington fills, however.

[Eccl 10:2]

He was right to do the deal. He kept a campaign promise for that specific deal.

And Sarah is is right to criticize him. It IS crony capitalism and I hope he doesn’t do it again.

[Cobra64]

He is. He has said that every day for the last year. He is not Prez yet. Pay attention.

[HiTech RedNeck]

It’s the first example of a generic situation. There may be more. They can be explained. The Donald Trump shuttle won’t be needed once there is an actual road built.

[9YearLurker]

No, and in fact, here is exactly how she opened her essay:

“I am ecstatic for Carrier employees! Their bosses just decided to keep shop onshore. What a relief for hundreds of workers. Merry Christmas Indiana!

We don’t yet know terms of the public/private deal that was cut to make the company stay, but let’s hope every business is equally incentivized to keep Americans working in America.”

From there she went on to discuss the importance of having a level playing field and equal incentives for all companies—and for those companies to be free to make their own business decisions, including where they locate their facilities and whom they hire as employees.

The liberal rag Sacramento Bee is trying to stir things up by mischaracterizing what she said specifically about the Carrier deal.

Here’s what she actually wrote:

http://www.youngcons.com/sarah-palin-but-wait-the-good-guys-wont-win-with-more-crony-capitalism/

[Fiddlstix]

Whoa! Sarah Do You Have Some Insider Information Regarding The Carrier Deal?
IF So Then Fill Us In With Details!
IF NOT Then SHUT UP!

[Bratch]

Folks might want to read the actual article, instead of a liberal rag's interpretation, before throwing Governor Palin under the bus.

Sarah Palin: But… Wait… The Good Guys Won’t Win With More Crony Capitalism

Gov. Sarah Palin

12:52pm December 2, 2016

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I am ecstatic for Carrier employees! Their bosses just decided to keep shop onshore. What a relief for hundreds of workers. Merry Christmas Indiana!

We don’t yet know terms of the public/private deal that was cut to make the company stay, but let’s hope every business is equally incentivized to keep Americans working in America.

Foundational to our exceptional nation’s sacred private property rights, a business must have freedom to locate where it wishes. In a free market, if a business makes a mistake (including a marketing mistake that perhaps Carrier executives made), threatening to move elsewhere claiming efficiency’s sake, then the market’s invisible hand punishes. Thankfully, that same hand rewards, based on good business decisions.

But this time-tested truth assumes we’re operating on a level playing field.

When government steps in arbitrarily with individual subsidies, favoring one business over others, it sets inconsistent, unfair, illogical precedent. Meanwhile, the invisible hand that best orchestrates a free people’s free enterprise system gets amputated. Then, special interests creep in and manipulate markets. Republicans oppose this, remember? Instead, we support competition on a level playing field, remember? Because we know special interest crony capitalism is one big fail.

Politicians picking and choosing recipients of corporate welfare is railed against by fiscal conservatives, for it’s a hallmark of corruption. And socialism. The Obama Administration dealt in it in spades. Recall Solyndra, Stimulus boondoggles, and all their other taxpayer-subsidized anchors on our economy. A $20 trillion debt-ridden country can’t afford this sinfully stupid practice, so vigilantly guard against its continuance, or we’re doomed.

Reaganites learned it is POLICY change that changes economic trajectory. Reagan’s successes were built on establishing a fiscal framework that invigorated our entire economy, revitalized growth and investment while decreasing spending, tax rates, over-reaching regulations, unemployment, and favoritism via individual subsidies. We need Reaganites in the new Administration.

However well meaning, burdensome federal government imposition is never the solution. Never. Not in our homes, not in our schools, not in churches, not in businesses.

Gotta’ have faith the Trump team knows all this. And I’ll be the first to acknowledge concerns over a deal cut by leveraging taxpayer interests to make a manufacturer stay put are unfounded – once terms are made public.

But know that fundamentally, political intrusion using a stick or carrot to bribe or force one individual business to do what politicians insist, versus establishing policy incentivizing our ENTIRE ethical economic engine to roar back to life, isn’t the answer. Cajole only chosen ones on Main St or Wall St and watch lines stretch from Washington to Alaska full of businesses threatening to bail unless taxpayers pony up. The lines strangle competition and really, really, dispiritingly screw with workers’ lives. It’s beyond unacceptable, so let’s anticipate equal incentivizes and positive reform all across the field – to make the economy great again.

-Sarah Palin

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Sarah Palin at Restoring America in Indianola

[Cobra64]

Yup.It is! Considering all the supposed Trump fans here, they should read his position papers.

[TheThirdRuffian]

Like Huckster. Didn’t he get ambassador to Israel? What an embarrassment.

[HiTech RedNeck]

If so... WE BEEN TROLLED! BY THE LEFTY MEDIA!

[HiTech RedNeck]

That’s far better... it sounds like she is saying “Make it generic and keep it that way.”

(Hanging head in embarrassment) I BEEN TROLLED. WE BEEN TROLLED.

[fatima]

My wow was for what you said.No woman can lead.Never mind don’t respond.

[bobby.223]

You 2 following this? I’m not sure my old brain, (alleged), has figured out just what is what here with Sarah’s comments.