Look, to address just one part of your rant, I already went over the continuing myth of governments subsidizing the pharmaceutical industry a long time ago. Although I've bookmarked the sources, I'm not going to bother posting them again. Cripes, sometimes it's like dealing with a goldfish.

I'm no more a fan of agricultural subsidies than you are, as everyone here knows.

The economic history of socialism versus capitalism is out there for everyone to see.

Like a lot of questions, most questions on economics have simple answers. The reason people argue with this is that the simple answers aren't the answers they want to hear.

The Left clings to collectivist economics like cargo cultists cling to their wooden airplane sculptures.