Sarah Palin Slams Trump Carrier Deal As “Crony Capitalism”, “Corporate Welfare”

Former Gov. Sarah Palin has criticized President-elect Donald Trump’s deal with the Carrier, in which as reported previously the air conditioner company would not outsource 1,100 workers to Mexico in exchange for $7 million in tax incentives over 10 years, saying that it yet another example of “corporate welfare.” The harsh criticism of Trump’s economic policy comes as she is reportedly under consideration to serve as Trump’s secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Writing an op-ed in the Young Conservatives blog, Palin said that while he is excited for the Carrier employees whose jobs are staying in Indiana, saying the deal is “a relief for hundreds of workers… Merry Christmas Indiana!’, she then joins Bernie Sanders and other critics in vlasting the deal as ‘crony capitalism” and an example of the “hallmark of corruption” and “socialism“, adding the arrangement could set “inconsistent, unfair and illogical precedent.”
Suggesting that the Trump deal is a carryover from the Obama administration’s “crony” ways of doing business, Palin wrote that ‘when government steps in arbitrarily with individual subsidies, favoring one business over others, it sets inconsistent, unfair, illogical precedent. Then, special interests creep in and manipulate markets. Republicans oppose this, remember?’
‘Instead, we support competition on a level playing field, remember? Because we know special interest crony capitalism is on big fail.’
Palin then made a statement many conservatives and virtually all libertarians would agree with, saying that “however well meaning, burdensome federal government imposition is never the solution. Never. Not in our homes, not in our schools, not in churches, not in businesses.’

This post was published at Zero Hedge on Dec 3, 2016.