March 25, 2008 12:21PM 

# We Eagerly Await Your Orders, Ma’am! 

By [Jerry Taylor](https://www.cato.org/people/jerry-taylor) 

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Hillary Clinton’s latest pitch, from today’s [*New York Times*](http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/25/us/politics/25campaign.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=slogin):

> We need a president who is ready on Day 1 to be commander in chief of our economy.

God help us.

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