A Free Market in Government

Conservatism is becoming boring. By now, anyone who knows anything knows that freedom works, that the market is the only way to rationalize an economy. When even Chinese and Soviet Communists see the light, an insight is on its way toward becoming a cliché.

True, U.S. congressmen seem not to have learned this lesson; but their furtive glances betray them. You might have missed it, but during the debate on the minimumwage bill, Teddy Kennedy himself quietly exempted Puerto Rico because not even he wanted to drive that many people out of work.

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Donald Devine

Donald Devine is a senior scholar at the Fund for American Studies in Washington, D.C. He served as President Ronald Reagan’s civil service director during his first term in office. A former professor, he is the author of eleven books, including his most recent, The Enduring Tension: Capitalism and the Moral Order, and Ronald Reagan’s Enduring Principles.

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Conservatism is becoming boring. By now, anyone who knows anything knows that freedom works, that the market is the only way to rationalize an economy. When even Chinese and Soviet Communists see the light, an insight is on its way toward becoming a cliché.

True, U.S. congressmen seem not to have learned this lesson; but their furtive glances betray them. You might have missed it, but during the debate on the minimumwage bill, Teddy Kennedy himself quietly exempted Puerto Rico because not even he wanted to drive that many people out of work.

DD

About the Author

Donald Devine

Donald Devine is a senior scholar at the Fund for American Studies in Washington, D.C. He served as President Ronald Reagan’s civil service director during his first term in office. A former professor, he is the author of eleven books, including his most recent, The Enduring Tension: Capitalism and the Moral Order, and Ronald Reagan’s Enduring Principles.