tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post9181015014586932365..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Donald Trump’s Contempt for the Free MarketRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-69274268783374273472015-10-24T07:07:14.199-04:002015-10-24T07:07:14.199-04:00Not following. Are you speculating what might be i...Not following. Are you speculating what might be initiated <i>against</i> Trump if the "Complex" feel he is getting too close? Or what Trump might initiate in cahoots with the "Complex"? If we are going to go down that particular avenue of speculation, the former seems much more likely. Robert What?https://www.blogger.com/profile/03863449539859132763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-60566436540930759682015-10-23T21:39:28.931-04:002015-10-23T21:39:28.931-04:00Trump will do nothing of the sort and to believe i...Trump will do nothing of the sort and to believe in this is extreme naiveté. Trump has builit his financial empire by learning and using the political system. And to replace the current politcial class with his brand of autocratic/oligarchic and elitist class will not change things for the better.CopperHeadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02086228755056427075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-83435431151315796252015-10-23T21:14:41.260-04:002015-10-23T21:14:41.260-04:00Robert, you omit to mention that there are Militar...Robert, you omit to mention that there are Military-Industrial-Intelligence-Complex options even if Trump gets closer to (or even has attained) the prize:<br /><br />1) hard coup (JFK)<br />2) soft coup (Nixon)<br />3) prophylactic coup (RFK)<br />4) admonitory pre-coup (maybe Reagan...)<br />m ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270918233286589221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-77970855827443348822015-10-23T20:30:08.246-04:002015-10-23T20:30:08.246-04:00What is so surprising about Trump's supposed f...What is so surprising about Trump's supposed free market stance, and particurlarly that of Republicans? Republicans are only slightly more in favor of the free market than the left, regardless of their mostly empty rhetoric. The mainstream Repubes are nationalistic and Hamiltonian Whigs rather than free market rationalists.CopperHeadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02086228755056427075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-66075318948377586862015-10-23T08:45:22.686-04:002015-10-23T08:45:22.686-04:00Plenty to worry about if Hillary gets elected. It ...Plenty to worry about if Hillary gets elected. It means the political class remains comfortably entrenched for another cycle. The whole reason to support Trump is to destabilize the political class and has nothing to do with Trump's policies. JD Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04752883463078685438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-69095649114355086502015-10-22T22:00:15.953-04:002015-10-22T22:00:15.953-04:00Trump is nothing if not a pragmatist. In any case,...Trump is nothing if not a pragmatist. In any case, the GOP will not let him get the nomination. And if he does somehow get the nomination, the GOP will team with the Democrats to ensure a Hillary win. So there is really nothing to worry about.Robert What?https://www.blogger.com/profile/03863449539859132763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-90477403137215549402015-10-22T21:28:31.866-04:002015-10-22T21:28:31.866-04:00Is Charles Lane at WaPo correct when he says it...Is Charles Lane at WaPo correct when he says it's remarkable for a Republican to be a protectionist? The Republicans started out as an anti-free-trade party, just as were their Whig predecessors. Southern Democrats were the only consistently anti-tariff party around, back in the day. Pat Buchanan made mercantilism respectable again in modern Republican circles. They are just going back tom ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270918233286589221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-34728475915220401612015-10-22T21:19:11.533-04:002015-10-22T21:19:11.533-04:00I hope someone gets the chance to ask Trump how he...I hope someone gets the chance to ask Trump how he'd feel if someone in government told him he'd have to pay higher taxes if he built a building in Mexico or China.Nick Badalamentihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015961786370759940noreply@blogger.com