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We shouldn't be destroying our economy in order to chase some wild left-wing idea that somehow us by ourselves is going to fix the climate," Christie said.
Again, his ideological rigor was a spur to creativity: it enabled him to consider the possibility that what was branded as a left-wing idea might actually be better for free markets than another round of regulation.
Near the end, Tapper cited former Reagan Secretary of State George Shultz, who has called for a more active government response to climate change, whereupon Christie called the notion that people can help fix the problem a "wild, left-wing idea".
He also agued that there exists "some wild left-wing idea that somehow, us by ourselves is going to fix this problem".
Specifically, the left-wing idea that radical action should involve a struggle of working people against those in authority; and the right-wing concept of a hierarchical order preserving stability, no longer reflects the reality of working and organizational life in the globalized, inter-dependent economy of the 21st Century.
Part of the problem is the austere fiscal context: left-wing ideas tend to cost money.
The stigmatization of left-wing politicians and left-wing ideas dates back to the Cold War, which ended twenty-five yeago ago.
It is an illusion to suppose that hard times inevitably lead to a revival of left-wing ideas.
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