Conservatism's faith in a misunderstood Laffer Curve (never used by conservatives to argue to raise taxes because taxes fall too low on the curve for optimal taxation . . . hmmmmm) and free markets really reminds one of nothing so much as communist dogma.  Both rely on pseudo-religious faith in "true communism" or "true capitalism" and both, without sane moderation and intervention, lead to disastrous train wrecks -- totalitarian shambles on one hand and crony capitalist shambles on the other.