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Conservatives favor free markets up until the point where they gain an advantage, at which point they then exercise their advantage to maintain their advantage. An actual global free market would decimate the United States.
What you mean to say is that businessmen do not like free markets. So what??? Of course Motorola would prefer that Apple never existed. As long as businesses operate where there is free competition there will be economic efficiency. Businessmen have every right to invent a better mousetrap in order to gain market share. Do you want a law that requires business to have gvt approval in order to gain market share? What businesses have no right to do is to use the gvt to lock out competitors through favorable taxation or regulation. If gvt lacked such powers bussinesses would have no need to lobby gvt. The problem is that the gvt tries to micromanage the economy through over-regulation. Businessmen, just like anyone else, react rationally to gvt incentives and disincentives.
Gvt has no business picking winners and losers. Too big to fail is as wrong headed as tax breaks to GE, grants for Green Industry, ethanol and on and on. I love the line Hilary used when promoting ethanol. She said, "I have lots more good ideas." Sure you have good ideas, but because you are a lib you think you have a right to use other peoples money to finance your good ideas. Get out of politics and use your own money if you think your ideas are worthwhile.
Why do libs think that the United States does not compete in a global economy? I guess Detroit had to learn the hard way. Capital flows to where it gets the best return. In 60 seconds I can move money from Ford to Toyota.