Ever noticed how the less experience a person has with realworld capitalism and "free enterprise", the louder they defend it? One of the most radicalized wingnuts I know, Attila the Republican, worked his entire life in government, and never missed a chance to hurl wingnut slurs at government workers, while kissing up to rich people as the "job creators".

This last Republican primary, the other "businessperson" was Carly Fiorina, during whose tenure at HP, a graph of their stock price looked like a cross-section of the Grand Canyon. Then in 2012 there was that pizza guy, what was his name? "999" something? Ah, Herman Cain.(?) And of course Mitt Romney, perfectly-equipped to take the country through a leveraged buyout and liquidation sale.

Closely related, I've always loved the simple-minded contention that you could balance the US budget as easily as balancing your household checkbook on the kitchen table. Note that we're talking about an operation so large that you have to take into account the speed of light when balancing the books, and acknowledge that it's impossible for anyone to know within a few billion how much money the government has on hand. But sure, that's just like your checkbook, why not, let's go with stupid.