Many a travesty has been justified by the uttering that exact, hand-washing excuse 'The free market can fix it' and its ilk. It's like hearing 'I was just following orders' - we don't buy it anymore, take some personal responsibility for pitching a potentially awful idea.
It's a shame that people who have a lot of intriguing and thoughtful ideas still use this catch-phrase, since it just causes people to tune it out.
Skimming the interview, its clear that there is a LOT of thing wrong with the way the government is run, who pulls the strings, and what ideas get the airtime while others rot on the shelves. It's also clear that WE, the people, put them there and apparently approve of it since we KEEP electing them. In one way, at least, the government works like a large business - if you rock the boat, you get thrown to the sharks less you potentially tip the boat over.