It doesn't surprise me that the author disabled comments, although it is a shame. I'm not educated enough in economics to think critically about this, and I'd love to see peoples' responses to her, especially Rand Paul's.

edit: I don't normally link out to Reddit, but there are ample comments about this over there: https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueReddit/comments/3rciwp/damn_rig...