SD_R/ Adam:
You make a very cogent and thoughtful set of points.
If most of his detractors were that intelligent in their criticisms, I would not be as annoyed and discouraged with political debate as I a currently am.

For example, there is a case to be made that low taxes spur industry to greater action.
However, as a percentage of gdp, tax revenue is pretty low.
However, dressing up in 18th century attire and mocking the Sons of Liberty to complain about having already-pretty-low taxes is not a strong way to make that case.

There is a case to be made for lower spending.
A damn strong one too.
However, loads of legislative gridlock while holding sacrosanct the (non-performing) “job-creators” is not a compelling argument.

Its like some weird world where Ayn Rand counts as economic scholarship (and Green Day counts as punk and “Twilight” counts as literature and the Mikey Show counts as thoughtful discourse)

My point is this:
Thanks for improving the conversation.