4. Unbridled capitalism
The assertion of unbridled American capitalism is complete and utter nonsense.
Here are a couple of charts from
Total Pages Published in the Code of Federal Regulations (1950-2019)
Total Pages Published in the Federal Register (1936-2019).
Those charts did not come from corporations, a libertarian group, a right-wing group or any of the sort. Those charts are from George Washington University of Washington, D.C., an accredited university which was charted by the United States Congress.
I'll get a little bit into specifics.
How Many Federal Agencies Exist? We Can't Drain The Swamp Until We Know - Forbes
Unbridled capitalism? Let's see:
Economic features and programs such as:
. Federal reserve.
. Regulatory capture.
. Subsidies and bailouts.
. Fiat money.
. Multi-trillion dollar deficit.
. American Dream Down Payment Act.
. Internal Revenue Service, Income Tax, Capital Gains Tax, Corporate Income Tax.
. Sarbanes Oxley.
. Clinton's National Home Ownership Strategy.
. Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare.
Departments, Agencies and government companies that either regulate portions of the economy or otherwise manipulate the economy:
. Food and Drug Administration.
. Environmental Protection Agency.
. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
. Securities Exchange Commission.
. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
. Federal Aviation Administration.
. Federal Trade Commission.
. Commodity Future Trading Commission.
. Occupation Health and Safety Administration.
. Federal Housing Administration.
. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
. National Labor Relations Board.
. National Household Travel Survey.
. Fannie Mae/Federal National Mortgage Association.
. Freddie Mac/Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.
. Ginnie Mae/Government National Mortgage Association.
. Federal Communications Commission.
The cronyism and corptorporacy that the left fears so much is already here, with its roots being traced to the Lincoln Administration and taking its current form in the latter 20th century.
The Separation of Business and State by Ryan Dawson. Dawson has stated that not all regulations are bad, though, and supports regulations such as Glass-Steagull legislation, which requires the separation of commercial and investment banking.
The Separation of Business and State by Ryan Dawson
Despite their rhetoric, the Republican party does not support smaller government.
Are Republicans Really for Smaller Government?
Transcript:
Are Republicans Really for Smaller Government? - Transcript Vids (also available on archive.org and archive.is.).