You even added the qualifier yourself.  Instant red flag on the validity.  Please elaborate or I'll take this at another attempt as a snide conversation killer on your part.  You want to talk about a false premise?  You've just built one to criticize what you claim to be mine!

How do you like those sheets you slept on last night, or the bed itself, how about the carpet you walked on to go brush your teeth, and that toothpaste and brush were nice huh. I bet the coffee tasted nice, and the cup that reminds you of that trip you took, and when you come home tonight it will be nice and clean in that dishwasher. The TV that you rely on for your political ideology had a great picture this morning, and the couch you sit on everyday is as comfy as when you first bought it. How about the computer you're reading this on this very second, pretty fast now days huh, and the internet provider is pretty stable isn't it.

Gee, it's only 9am and you have proved yourself to be a big lover of private enterprise!

Despite your abject claims otherwise.

Hey ML, take a walk over to the housing projects in your town and see what a great job your esteemed government has done in trying to recreate your experience of this morning, where you got to make the choices and the free market provided the goods and services.

LOL!

...or sit back and hating every second of it?

How do we really fix problems...

To solve our current problems, Washington must lead. But the way to lead is not to raise taxes and not to just put more money and power in hands of Washington politicians. The way to lead is by empowering you, the American people. Because we believe that Americans can do anything.

That is why Republicans put forward plans to create jobs by lowering income tax rates for working families, cutting taxes for small businesses, strengthening incentives for businesses to invest in new equipment and hire new workers, and stabilizing home values by creating a new tax credit for home-buyers. These plans would cost less and create more jobs.

But Democratic leaders in Congress -- they rejected this approach. Instead of trusting us to make wise decisions with our money, they passed the largest government spending bill in history, with a price tag of more than $1 trillion with interest. While some of the projects in the bill make sense, their legislation is larded with wasteful spending. It includes $300 million to buy new cars for the government, $8 billion for high-speed rail projects, such as a "magnetic levitation" line from Las Vegas to Disneyland, and $140 million for something called "volcano monitoring." Instead of monitoring volcanoes, what Congress should be monitoring is the eruption of spending in Washington, D.C.

Democratic leaders say their legislation will grow the economy. What it will do is grow the government, increase our taxes down the line, and saddle future generations with debt. Who among us would ask our children for a loan, so we could spend money we do not have, on things we do not need? That is precisely what the Democrats in Congress just did. It's irresponsible. And it's no way to strengthen our economy, create jobs, or build a prosperous future for our children.

In Louisiana, we took a different approach. Since I became governor, we cut more than 250 earmarks from our state budget. To create jobs for our citizens, we cut taxes six times -- including the largest income tax cut in the history of our state. We passed those tax cuts with bipartisan majorities. Republicans and Democrats put aside their differences -- we worked together to make sure our people could keep more of what they earn. If it can be done in Baton Rouge, surely it can be done in Washington, D.C.

Energy...

To strengthen our economy, we need urgent action to keep energy prices down. All of us remember what it felt like to pay $4 at the pump and unless we act now, those prices will return. To stop that from happening, we need to increase conservation, increase energy efficiency, increase the use of alternative and renewable fuels, increase our use of nuclear power, and increase drilling for oil and gas here at home. We believe that Americans can do anything and if we unleash the innovative spirit of our citizens, we can achieve energy independence.

Health care...

To strengthen our economy, we also need to address the crisis in health care. Republicans believe in a simple principle: No American should have to worry about losing their health coverage -- period. We stand for universal access to affordable health care coverage. What we oppose is universal government-run health care. Health care decisions should be made by doctors and patients, not by government bureaucrats. We believe Americans can do anything, and if we put aside partisan politics and work together, we can make our system of private medicine affordable and accessible for every one of our citizens.

Education...

To strengthen our economy, we also need to make sure every child in America gets the best possible education. After Katrina, we reinvented the New Orleans school system, opening dozens of new charter schools, and creating a new scholarship program that is giving parents the chance to send their children to private or parochial schools of their choice. We believe that, with the proper education, the children of America can do anything. And it shouldn't take a devastating storm to bring this kind of innovation to education in our country.

Ethical Government....

To strengthen our economy, we must promote confidence in America by ensuring ours is the most ethical and transparent system in the world. In my home state, there used to be saying: At any given time, half of Louisiana was said to be half under water, and the other half is under indictment. No one says that anymore. Last year, we passed some of the strongest ethics laws in the nation and today, Louisiana has turned her back on the corruption of the past. We need to bring transparency to Washington, D.C., so we can rid our Capitol of corruption and ensure we never see the passage of another trillion dollar spending bill that Congress has not even read and the American people haven't even seen.

Security...

As we take these steps, we must remember for all our troubles at home, dangerous enemies still seek our destruction. Now is no time to dismantle the defenses that have protected this country for hundreds of years, or make deep cuts in funding for our troops. America's fighting men and women can do anything. If we give them the resources they need, they will stay on the offensive, defeat our enemies, and protect us from harm.

Why Republican...

In all these areas, Republicans want to work with President Obama. We appreciate his message of hope, but sometimes it seems we look for hope in different places. Democratic leaders in Washington -- they place their hope in the federal government. We place our hope in you, the American people. In the end, it comes down to an honest and fundamental disagreement about the proper role of government. We oppose the National Democratic view that says the way to strengthen our country is to increase dependence on government. We believe the way to strengthen our country is to restrain spending in Washington, to empower individuals and small businesses to grow our economy and to create jobs.

In recent years, these distinctions in philosophy became less clear -- our party got away from its principles. You elected Republicans to champion limited government, fiscal discipline and personal responsibility. Instead, Republicans went along with earmarks and big government spending in Washington. Republicans lost your trust -- and rightly so.

Tonight, on behalf of our leaders in Congress and my fellow Republican governors, I say this: Our party is determined to regain your trust. We will do so by standing up for the principles that we share, the principles you elected us to fight for, the principles that built this into the greatest, most prosperous country on earth.

Ya substance.

If we worked on doing things the way we were directed in the constitution, and quit trying to turn this already clumsy, inefficient monster into a bureaucratic nightmare, we wouldn't need to talk so much and deal with 16 inch thick trillion dollar bills no one has really read.

I'll have to check.

Yes; I fixed it.  You should be able to find me:  Nathan A. Stine

I'm the only Nathan A. Stine and one of 10 Nathan Stines

Where did I contradict myself?

You have asserted that my focus on issues needs to be narrow and specific when it suits your fancy yet at here you state the focus of the issues must be broad.

where? I don't follow.

I said Adam Smith would not be surprised. If you take the one-liners and zingers, you can come away with that impression. If you take the view of his entire body of work, you plenty of evidence that those zingers are misleading or incomplete without context. So actually, in a way, the broad (and incomplete and vague) view would be to say that Smith would surprised because it ignores a lot of what he said. The more detailed view is one that accounts for his misgivings about the integrity of businessmen because it appeciates context and different chapters...not to mention different books.

 I'm not getting general. I pointing the fact that Smith has written plenty that shows he wouldn't be surprised. That's not contradiction here or anywhere else.

You know, if you only watch Star Wars: Episode 4, it seems accurate to say that Darth Vader is irredeemable. If you watch the whole story, you see that that isn't necessarily true. Same thing.

That's why the assumption that people in the free market are perfectly informed falls on it's face.

Who exactly is making this assumption?

I'd still bet on USC beating Ohio Northern in any sport, even though there's no guarantee USC will be good.

Yeah, but if I give you the name of a random auditor, you'd have no idea if they were the equivalent of USC or the equivalent of Ohio Northern, and would probably not have an easy way of reliably finding out that information.