Summary: With all the ongoing talk of how tax reform can help the American economy, there’s one part of the equation that isn’t being given a fair shake: international trade. There are hysterical attacks on market capitalism from members of both major political parties. Commerce and trade were a major catalyst in the formation of the United States Constitution and a core component of our national wealth. The fact of the matter is that trade makes us a wealthier people. We also need to be suspicious of the protectionists, because there are states that would be enormously damaged by their policies. You would have bureaucrats deciding which states should or shouldn’t be protected. We need freer trade which helps most states and the country in general. Without international export and import activity the nation becomes very poor and the jobs are few. However, that does not mean that America should be trading with enemies like China and its fascist President Xi Jinping. Also, President Trump and Republicans who are supposed to stand for liberty and capitalism are talking like Marxists. They want a fifth bracket, the million dollar bracket. Trump and the Republicans are participating in class warfare when they talk like this. Trump is saying that his tax cuts will be the biggest in American history. However, Trump’s tax cuts are not even close to Ronald Reagan’s. You would never hear Reagan talk about class warfare. He fought the left on sound fiscal policy, and he did not buy into the propaganda of the left. If the Republicans are not going to the make case for capitalism who will? After that, Republicans are not covering up anything that took place in Niger. The media covered up and mostly ignored Benghazi but they are only covering Niger because it happened during Trump’s watch but Barack Obama sent those troops to Niger.
