What Democrats lost, or threw away

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The two main parties say the other has betrayed its principles. Their switch, to appeal to those not once seen as their traditional base, is something to behold.

Democrats point to President Donald Trump’s tariffs and ask what happened to the Republican understanding of the merits of free trade? Republicans also now favor other economic policies once of the Left, such as price fixing for “fairness” and opposition to reform of entitlements that are bankrupting the country. 

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