Governor Palin argues for capitalism and freedom but also notes that the free market only thrives on a level playing field:
But this time-tested truth assumes we're operating on a level playing field.
That is directed just as much at foreign governments, and US trade policies, as towards State rules and Federal regulations on the US market.
She congratulates the workers on the Carrier plant, because she understands how much it means to them and their families, but Sarah also dares to play the slave on the triumph chariot (the Auriga who whispers "Respice post te, hominem memento te") , and sends a warning - not so much to the Trump team I think, as to all conservative pundits and voters - that you don't want to have an industrial policy à la Sweden or Norway instead of the free market of the USA.
One can always discuss or question the timing, but I think it is refreshing, and it is certainly in her Maverick mode, that she writes this piece at the same time as she may be considered for some kind of post in the new administration.
We already have enough "mavericks" with McCain and his girlfriend Linda from SC.