Historic Free Market Opportunities for President Trump and Congress: Lisa B. Nelson and Arthur Laffer in The Washington Times
When it comes down to it, Trump has the power to bring about change immediately.
ALEC CEO Lisa B. Nelson co-authored an op-ed with economist Dr. Arthur Laffer in The Washington Times, noting how President Trump’s return to the White House marks a historic comeback and sets the stage for major policy shifts driven by executive action and leaders on Capitol Hill.
It’s reasonable to see the attention of the nation and the world focused on Donald J. Trump’s second inauguration. His return to the White House represents what is perhaps the most astounding comeback in U.S. political history.
It’s a tremendous win for the allied forces of the free market against the axis of collectivism so well represented by the public policy agenda embraced by the outgoing president. Here’s hoping much of that will soon be reversed.
The oligarchy of liberal media analysts who say that won’t be the case, that the Biden Administration and its progressive congressional allies have built into the system too many safeguards and roadblocks to allow what they’ve accomplished to be easily undone. As usual, the chattering class has it wrong.
When it comes down to it, Trump has the power to bring about change immediately. The executive orders he’ll sign shortly after being sworn in as president reflect that. But his power is not absolute. That is the result of intelligent design.
Concentrated power is the enemy of liberty, both political and economic. Recognizing that men like Washington, Franklin, Hamilton, and Madison built a system of checks and balances that has led to the creation of seven separate citadels of power that by themselves can change the direction of the country if – and in many cases only if – they can persuade others to go along.