A libertarian hero in a libertarian fairy tale.

That's weird that the link is broken. Found it's because it has a dot at the end ... don't know how that happened. It's http://www.exponentialimprovement.com/cms/command... or http://tinyurl.com/ya2gbmw . Their view of reality is partial and limited, big L or small "l" ... but, granted, I see them as the same.

That is a valid definition.

Corporations have robbed the public blind in that they avoid paying for the full cost of the infrastructure they use to do business. Those costs are passed on to everyone else and (surprise) people rebel at paying taxes to cover those costs. See the section on "Negative externalities" at http://www.exponentialimprovement.com/cms/invhand...

And "cutting back on entitlements"? For example, the "right" raised SS taxes to pay for future retirements, spent the money, and now says it's only IOU's. See the section on "The Social Security Act (FDR)" at http://www.exponentialimprovement.com/cms/govdysf...

"Communist Republic of Colorado"? That's totally absurd. Delusional.

This nation has moved so far to the economic "right" that true center now looks like the left: http://www.exponentialimprovement.com/cms/hannity...

Excellent comment, Jason

Granted, there are too many corporatist (DLC) Democrats, but the Republicans are worse. This nation has moved so far to the economic "right" that true center now looks like the left: http://www.exponentialimprovement.com/cms/hannity... For who's responsible for the nation's economic woes, according to the CBO, see http://www.exponentialimprovement.com/cms/jobsjun...

Thanks for the link. My point was that they didn't explain in their notice. Seems the issue is what's a nexus: "a connected group or series." "4,200 affiliates in Colorado using the same mechanisms " isn't a "connected group or series"?

It's unfair competition for them to avoid taxes that an in-state company has to pay. Corporations will do whatever they can to avoid paying taxes ... and they hope to beat Colorado into submission to provoke a race to the bottom.

Because libertarians are out of touch with reality. Why? http://www.exponentialimprovement.com/cms/command...
On economic issues, Republicans and too many Democrats (DLC corporatists) are similarly affected.

(... I'd thought this was posted weeks ago ...)
What else, you ask? Google "Invisible Hand Drops Ball & Economics 101" to see where government must be involved to allow market forces to function properly.

Let's clarify that evil lies at both extremes. In pure communism people are cogs in the machine of state. In laissez-faire capitalism they are commodities to be bought and sold. In neither case are they valued as humans. The U.S. does treat humans as commodities now ... Google "There's no 'free market' for Labor" to see that the Fed does this. And the U.S. hasn't ended slavery, which is perfectly compatible with capitalism; it's exported it to China.

The purported "socialism" of "redistributing income" gets a lot of attention as a major problem, even as wealth inequality increases. How can that happen if redistributing income is such a great problem? What doesn't get attention is the redistribution of costs that's integral to laissez-faire capitalism, which is much more pervasive than the former. Google "Wealth Happens" "systems thinking" on the dynamics of inequality. How is it that the max tax rate on wages is 35% whereas the max tax rate on capital gains and dividends is 15%? It makes no sense to promote investment when there's a global glut of capacity and a dearth of demand. For references, search for "global glut" on my "The Trade Deficit and the Fallacy of Composition" page.

A "gold-plated education"? No, but education through college to become a functioning citizen, yes. And health insurance for children through college, yes. No, you say? Then the absurd argument has to be that those childrens' poor choices left them with poor and/or irresponsible parents ... and they'll just have to live with those "choices." And God forbid that poor kids live in safe neighborhoods ... that shouldn't be the case in America.

You state very well what "conservatives" believe as described in "The Conservative Mind" by conservative Russell Kirk. "Poverty, brutality, and misfortune are indeed portions of the eternal order of things; sin is a terribly real and demonstrable fact, the consequence of our depravity, not of erring institutions; religion is the consolation for these ills, which never can be removed by legislation or revolution" and "a universal equality among men exists; but it is ... equality in the ultimate judgment of God; equality of any other sort we are foolish, even impious, to covet." Equal opportunity? Forget it. "Conservatives never have believed in democracy ... and never will. Google "The Conservative Mind" "systems thinking" to see this and other quotes.

The "adverse selection" mechanism is NOT about "free health care", it's about having everyone covered to spread the risk and avoid system collapse. Yes, many are in poverty because of U.S. policies that have driven them there. Google: "The 9/22/08 Economic Crisis" to see the factors that have left wages stagnant since Reagan, even as productivity continued to increase. And your "I will just stop working" captures perfectly the "Only Pain and Pleasure Rule ... therefore, Keep Them in Poverty" of "conservative" Jeremy Bentham; see that section at the bottom of "Invisible Hand Drops Ball & Economics 101".

I reject that "Take the profit motive out of health care and there will be no more advancements or innovations." Nonsense. I submit that non-profits can do more and better work in this area. There are many non-profit hospitals that are excellent. Drug companies spend more on marketing than on innovation and then sell drugs that kill (e.g., 55,000 Vioxx deaths). There's health insurance and then there's "health care". Having health insurance and socialized medicine (having doctors work for the government, as in the military) are totally different.

Finally, Republicans love the kind of deregulation that brought on the mortgage crisis. They branded this "The Ownership Society". Bush: "If you put your mind to it, the first-time home buyer, the low-income home buyer can have just as nice a house as anybody else." See links to his speech on my "The 9/22/08 Economic Crisis" page.

To clarify: I agree with DLindhoff. Unfortunately, OkieDoc is not jesting.