Vice President J.D. Vance is not ignorant about the power of the free market. He's just very selective about when that principle ought to apply.
"What you shouldn't have is a dictatorial government that tells certain industries they're not allowed to do what they need to do," Vance said in an interview with Newsmax last week. "You've gotta let these people make decisions on their own. And that's sort of been our approach."
When I saw that clip on Twitter, I did a double-take. At first, I thought it must be some fake AI video—but, no, that's the real Vance saying real words about the value of a laissez faire approach to economic policy.
