Earlier, we advocated for an American strategy to attenuate Communist Party of China (CPC) capabilities to oppress people anywhere.

As a principle to guide foreign policy towards China, attenuation works best if America matches it with a guiding principle for domestic policy of augmentation of American capabilities.

As foreign policy should shrink the availability of low-cost capital to CPC controlled entities, domestic policy should expand the accessibility of competitively priced capital for US innovators. Disruptively in the current US political environment, that may imply reducing federal debt. High borrowing at US government levels restricts capital available to employers and raises their costs to expand employment.

Similarly, as attenuation would diminish the CPC’s appearance of legitimacy, its contrasting corollary must highlight American foundational intent to protect all people. The CPC uses the People’s Liberation Army to subordinate the Chinese people to the CPC’s will. In acute juxtaposition, when it is working as we intend, the US system subordinates political parties to the will of its people.

Pressing opportunities to attenuate CPC access to capital and its appearance of legitimacy now can overcome the advantages that CPC military and influence campaigns have created in recent decades. To accomplish freedom lovers’ objectives, however, like preparing for any competition, requires Americans to exercise our own foundational principles.