Repubs are for free markets & capitalism? I don't think so....

One of the many reasons I dislike the GOP is because they falsely claim to be in support of capitalism & free markets, when what they practice is anything but. How many Repubs out there--particularly of the neocon variety--have you heard speak out against subsidies (the lion's share of which goes to mega-farms, not mom-&-pop farms)? Against corporate welfare? Against business-gov't cronyism? Against pork projects & earmarks that benefit businesses (especially in their own districts)? Against gov't-mandated employee "benefits" like social (in)security or medicaid/medicare?

Repub hypocracy with respect to free markets is not in itself the only damage they're doing to economic liberty. Their hypocracy has been used to great effect by liberals & other free market-haters to paint capitalism as a cruel, corrupt, impoverishing system of greed and cronyism--everything that it is not, but everything that Repubs themselves put into practice and call capitalism.

It's always refreshing when I come across an article that shows that I am not alone in these thoughts, especially when the article is well-written and expands on the original point. This article does just that, and goes further to show how it's not just the Dems, but much of the gov't itself which is perpetuating these false images. The article is ultimately a call to arms for libertarians to speak up to dispell these myths & lies, but also does a valuable service in exposing the sources of all this misinformation & propaganda.

So for my part, I would call on all Bush-supporting neocons out there to take a good hard look at what exactly it is you've been supporting with his economic policies, and either start advocating real capitalism, or stop calling yourselves capitalists, because you are anything but.