Maybe we are having some trouble with definitions again. "Restructuring" is not a bad thing if you are improving something.
"Permanent restructuring" of the American economy is a great idea if it means freeing the economy and the citizens from the overgrowth of centralized government power. There are many nations where a "permanent restructuring" of the economy, i.e. moving into a free market system, would be a great idea. A permanent tax cut is just a small step in this direction.
The rest of your post is interesting. "Market manipulations" of the type you are discussing, the ones which do not involve the private sector using government power for its own gain (a whole separate discussion), are generally ineffective in a free, minimal-government economy.
Almost all attempts to manipulate markets fall flat in the face of both old and new competition, UNLESS the manipulator finally resorts to government force to maintain his market share. How many government regulations are designed to prevent people and companies from entering a particular field of endeavor? How many lobbying efforts are aimed at suppressing competition or giving the lobbyist some legal or tax advantage over competitors?
If you want a free and healthy marketplace, and a minimum of corruption, Step One would be to drastically reduce the amount of control the government has over economic matters. Of course, given the vast amount of political power such control gives politicians, I see the chances of this happening as being about equivalent to being able to build a snowman on Venus.
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Restructuring
