Every such imagined alternative to Reagan Republicanism consists of empowering the government to subsidize activities the would-be “fearless leader” wants, taxing the alternatives to desired behavior or outright outlawing them.
There is nothing new about a new way to wield state power. And nothing American about it either.
Such efforts, however well-intended, will always be outbid and displaced by left-of-center subsidies, taxes, regulations, and laws. Amateur abusers of state power will quickly be crushed by those who have created and wielded power in the U.S. since 1932 — it would be like watching the Washington Generals face the Harlem Globetrotters.
[F.A. Hayek laid this out for all to read in The Road to Serfdom. The point of having a two-party system is to offer two real choices to voters. in this case between central planning and disbursed decision-making by the populace. If both parties are pushing central planning, then all we’re debating is who gets the spoils. — Ed]
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