Reason’s J.D. Tuccille does a decent job of pointing out the glaringly fascist / national socialist impulses behind Jonathan Alter’s desire to see American corporations — who, let’s remember, aren’t people, according to the left, and so don’t have speech rights — take “loyalty oaths” (how would that work, exactly?) promising to remain in-country, over-taxed, and less profitable for their shareholders because, well, the government deserves more money for providing

And by “government,” we of course mean “other Americans, and then laundered through the government.”  CNS: The federal government paid $2,007,358,200,000 in benefits and entitlements in fiscal year 2013 from government programs, according to data from the Bureau of the Fiscal Service’s Monthly Treasury Statement. The treasury statement summarizes the financial activities of the federal government, including data on government receipts, outlays, and surplus and deficit totals.  The September 2013

Um, well.  You see, Gayle — Uh.  Yeah.