Re: Re: "To a leftist, who believes that every choice should be made in Washington by "Better and Wiser" people "
you and others here already accept the idea that there is no aspect of our lives, particularly economic activity, that is or should be beyond the direct control of the Federal government.
What is wrong with you? Do you even read my posts? I'm taking the middle ground here. YOU are the extremist. I'm advocating a balanced policy and you are advocating total government abandonment of public policy.
I understand economics better than you. I have a business degree, I took 5 economics courses in college and have studied different economic theories extensively beyond college. I am a long time advocate of the free market and I understand how it functions to produce benefits for all of society that could never be attained by government planning. I'm also aware that there are areas the free market does not work efficiently: infrastructure, externalities, anti-trust, fraud, etc where government regulation is needed.
If you throw one more of those "you want every aspect of life controlled by the government" bullshit lines at me I'm going to flame you very severely.