Remember, Picking Winners And Losers Is OK If Republicans Do It

I’m certainly not the first one to point this out, but it certainly bears repeating. If Obama had negotiated tax breaks for a specific company and then threatened other companies if they moved jobs overseas before he even assumed the Presidency, the press, the Republican party, and the business community would be going bats**t crazy. I can hear it now: “He has no respect for the Office of the Presidency”. “He doesn’t understand how business works”. “He’s insulting business and showing us no respect.” “The government shouldn’t be picking winners and losers”. “This guy doesn’t understand or believe in capitalism”. I could go on. And let’s just be clear. Apparently all Trump is threatening these other companies with is more tax breaks. All this just highlights American politics’ first law: If Republicans do it, it’s OK.