It is the Economy, Stupid, but not why You Think

The dust is settling in the aftermath of the Michigan primary. It is not so much of a victory as Romney would like, either. Both he and Rick Santorum will get 15 delegates from the Great Lakes State. The race was that close.

This must be seen as a win for Santorum. Michigan is a state Romney won easily against John McCain in 2008 and was seen as home turf. What this means is that Super Tuesday has become very, very interesting. We'll be watching closely, to be sure.

We mentioned yesterday how the political hacks, going back to at least the years of Bill Clinton (It's the economy, stupid) place so much emphasis on economic well being and strong economy. What really gets forgotten when we center out politics on simple and mere economic well being is that creating a vibrant economy would be very easy. If the politicians would allow it, and if conservatives would stress it and actually work to implement the principles necessary for a strong economy. Let the free market take care of business.

No one person or group can effectively manage the economy. There are simply too many decisions being made by too many people day in and day out for that to be a rational possibility. Let folks alone to make their own decisions. Let them become masters of their own economy and the self discipline that would teach would find itself further manifested in self discipline in other areas of life.

Get government out of the way of the economy, too, so that it can concentrate on the areas where it is supposed to govern. Weights and measures, foreign policy, sound money, where necessary for interstate commerce; shrink at least the federal government to the point where there won't be such emphasis on things it cannot control anyway. Get it back to its Constitutional roots and watch the economy benefit.

Yes, we know. Pie in the sky. Or in fact too many hands in the government pie which do not want to leave it alone, solely for their own self interest. The regulators protect their jobs more than anything. So the Occupiers are almost right: those with the money do run the show. Only it isn't the capitalists who really own things. It's a self centered Washington, put there by a self centered voting public.

That recipe we mentioned yesterday? It's been mixed and is in the oven.