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To: TimF who wrote (43719)	6/9/2010 9:13:31 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	1 Recommendation Respond to of 71588

Re: "Since you indicate that one of your concerns deviations from the free market." That is my one, (and by far LARGEST), 'concern'. Deviations from the free market. Government tilting the economic playing field to one side or the other to benefit their currently favored industries (amazing, ain't it?, why it so often seems to be the old guard 'establishment' industries who manage to grease the political wheels so that the bulk of governmental favor and benefits and aid and regulatory favors and loopholes goes to their favor. :-) Re: "Then lets eliminate subsidies, lower and simplify taxes, and reduce regulation. All those actions reduce the distortion of markets by the government." Yep! (With the one caveat being that some regulation is appropriate and absolutely necessary but, in the main, endless reams of red tape are clearly an impediment to productivity just as special interest favoring subsides and preferences are. And, a clear and logical and concise tax code is of course of great benefit vs. the alternative....)