Palin Addresses Asian Investors Former Governor Touches on Budget Deficit, Health Care and China
“We got into this mess because of government interference in the first place,” the former Republican U.S. vice presidential candidate said Wednesday at a conference sponsored by investment firm CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets. “We’re not interested in government fixes, we’re interested in freedom,” she added.
Ms. Palin’s address, which drew strong applause at the end, was officially closed to the media. The Wall Street Journal reviewed a recording of the speech.
In the wide-ranging address, Ms. Palin touched on the rising U.S. budget deficit, the debate over a proposed health-care overhaul, the war in Afghanistan and China’s role in world affairs.
She described her political philosophy as a “common-sense conservatism,” and said the free-market policies of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher should be guides for how to get out of the current economic situation. “Liberalism holds that there isno human problem that government can’t fix if only the right people are put in charge,” she said.