I didn't refer to the presidents by name, others did: Slick Willie, Bush, Obama and Trump. All pulled the strings of a mixed, private-public economy, head office Washington.

Americans adhere to the same social comity as the Chinese have with their command economy, waiving economic and political liberty for a better standard of living.

Only difference is the gap widens between commoners and the one per cent while China has lifted hundreds of millions from poverty.

You may have forgotten that Republican and Democratic presidents precipitated massive debt and 2008 by removing regulations.