I still don’t get your objection.  If the revised NAFTA plan produces benefits we want, why tie in its passage to the Wall?  Where does that get either party?

What is your objection to the USCMA?  Why wouldn’t Congress pass it?

Again: Your projections are not facts. If economists were always right, their discipline would not commonly be referred to as the “dismal science.”

Why would I want to do that when I have a policy I like right now?

Yeah, some other idiot posted that same thing.  I always believe that four people holding signs are a representative sample of a large segment of the population.  It’s science.

If you’re expecting Cheney to tell you the truth I’m not sure what to tell you.

And if you could prove that passing universal care would result in (a) equal or better care for everyone and (b) what it would cost to provide it then you’d have an argument based on something other than your feelings.

I’m sure that they could.  That does not mean that every American currently satisfied with his/her current coverage they’ve chose could.

While President, Washington did not impose any taxes on any state(s).  The Federal Estate tax did not occur until after 1900.  You realize that Washington was not alive at that time, right?  And Jefferson repealed the excise tax on liquor.

There’s nothing to “try” and understand at this point. Your “point” was stated in your own words as:

Your love of censorship is your responsibility.

Sounds to me like what you’re saying.

So you’re saying that journalists should not cover someone/a story that voices an opinion that they, personally, disagree with? Because by doing so the reporting publicizes an opinion they do not share?

The “system of taxation” in use in 1796 had nothing to do with the Founding Fathers (many of whom were very opposed to any substantive Federal involvement in state issues, such as taxation). And neither property tax nor estate taxes were passed to prevent an “aristocracy” because by that point our US Constitution…

You’re argument is that if the news media covers a story that decision by itself is an endorsement of the story’s content.

Deciding whether a story is newsworthy is not the same as the content of the story having “merit”.

Including this one.

As stated above, whether the journalist thinks an idea/opinion has merit is absolutely not a view the journalist should inject into any story.  He just reports what the opinions are.  If the opinions are as bad as you think they are, then readers will share your view.  If not, they won’t.  It’s not the role of the…

The 8% of our budget we use to pay off the interest on our existing debt sure matters.

The role of journalism is to present the facts/arguments/opinions offered by the story’s subject(s) and let readers reach their own conclusions.