“You ask most people what Free Trade is,” said Randal to the other interns, “and they’ll tell you they don’t know but it sounds good and so they are for it. I’ve got news for you. Such people are dumb as stumps. We good Conservative Republicans know why we are for Free Trade. Our goal is minimum government intervention in our lives via taxes, price-fixing, or social programs. Under Free Trade, goods and services are free to charge whatever they want and that’s all there is to that. The less government has to do with our lives, the better off those of us who are not afraid to work will be. That’s what the Republican Party and the Reagan Revolution stand for. As little government interference as possible—no mollycoddling people who don’t work—and those who can’t work, let private charity take care of them. Empty the mental hospitals of loafers who are too lazy to get a job and let medical care be for those who can afford it through the sweat of their brows. Cut taxes to the bone, especially for the business sector. The Democrats, on the other hand, they want what they called mixed trade. That is a combination of Free Trade and the welfare state, which, even though they don’t want to admit it, is Socialism. The Conservative’s job is to put into practice as much Free Trade as possible and get rid of anything else. My hope is in 25 years to cut government and taxes in half and in another 25 years to cut it in half again so that what government is left can then be flushed down the toilet. Our lives will as a result be run by the captains of Free Trade, the way it should be.”