http://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2016/12/07/carrier-corp-donald-trump-potentially-destroys-millions-of-jobs-to-save-800/#4ebbd1cce066President-elect Donald Trump's allegedly heroic efforts to "persuade" Carrier Corp. to maintain manufacturing operations in Indiana have succeeded, for now. Notable here is that if President Obama or President-elect Hillary Clinton had done as Trump did, Republicans and conservatives would have been up in arms - with good reason - about their excessive use of federal power to blunt the message of the markets. But since it was a nominal Republican threatening Carrier with retaliation if it sought to maximize profits, certain members of the right lauded Trump's meddling as a sign from the 45th president that "help is on the way." One prominent conservative writer who should avoid economic commentary altogether cheered on Trump's economy-sapping nostalgia as a sign of "Republicanism in new accord with the needs of the moment." Can we please be serious?
