‘Freedom Conservatism’ Is Much Ado About Nothing – Oren Cass/American Compass
“Principles are not policy proposals, but to be useful they must acknowledge trade-offs and give some direction when applied. Instead, the signatories deliver lofty paeans that invariably dissolve into vague mumbling. ‘The skyrocketing federal debt . . . is an existential threat to the future prosperity, liberty, and happiness of Americans.’ Freedom conservatives thus ‘commit to building a constructive reform agenda that can restore America’s fiscal sustainability’, without giving the slightest indication of how to approach that task.”