My fellow Americans, we have found a third way. Of course, most Americans didn't even know we were looking for one. Some have called this political philosophy the third way. Corporations will be bribed into obedience through subsidies, tax breaks, customized legislation and other special privileges. It all sounds very cozy.
History offers some alarming clues.
Hitler exemplified the Third Way. He left industry in private hands, but appointed government bureaucrats to run it. Production goals were set and price controls imposed from Berlin. Jobs were created through public works, tax incentives and government credits. That a nation oppressed by economic fear would respond to Hitler as Americans did to FDR is not surprising.