This begs the obvious question why economic opportunity would be enhanced if the entrepreneurial and business sectors had less in the way of funds to innovate with. Precisely because they’re wealth focused, funds kept in their control will be invested in ways that foster much greater opportunity than can politicians consuming wealth created by others. What the latter indicated rather clearly is that economic growth itself is the greatest enemy poverty has ever known. To be clear, if this is the best the Democrats have, they’ll long remain in the minority. John Tamny is a Forbes contributor, editor of RealClearMarkets, a senior fellow in economics at Reason, and a senior economic adviser to Toreador Research & Trading.

Source: Forbes June 11, 2017 12:56 UTC