Wilfully ignorant leftists who mindlessly impute any 'good' they can imagine onto the term democracy are the jokes.

My bad!

"Less choice still improvement over no choice…"

We all discriminate in a million different ways every day.

Established, big corporations fear real free markets, because they must meet a harsh consumer preference test year-after-year.

Obama failed by test.

"Really well…"

Yes, but he considered tax rates of 10% very punitive. He advocated a decentralized federalist system. The powers of the federal government were to be "few and defined." His ideology was very similar to mine. Jefferson was a classical liberal and proponent of natural rights theory (read: libertarian).

"Bailout necessary evil…"

Not just those in finance (that's who posts at ZeroHedge) who know that rates have to rise.

"BS philosophy…"

State polls indicated landslide. There are your polls.

The system that created the debt-based consumption economy started well-before Bush. It's not just operational in this country; it is the operational system in the West, which is why we are all effed once rates rise a few points.

"government got its money back…"

Why should I let it go?

Maybe I should have voted for corrupt Clinton and her complicit cronies?

"39% considerable lower than any other industrialized nation…"

"After deductions…"

Joke wasn't on me. I knew better.

Krugman's preferred policies result in asset/credit bubbles, financialization, insane levels of leverage, corrupt political patronage systems and concentration of wealth.