Interesting read - it's mostly fiction to a degree, but interesting.

I'm not sure how you got your take on this though (but it's not surprising).  

The COU is a think tank - that's about it.

Their only focus is on what should happen, not too many ideas as to how to actually make them happen.

There is an obvious lack of real discussion about tax policy and how out of whack it is.  All one needs to do is look at what the contenders for Amazon's new distribution hub are doing.  No matter who is in charge - repub or dem - they are selling out their cities to get the big fish.

Further, once again, you mention the "liberal elites".  Do I need to remind you again of how much power the republicans have had in the last 7 years?

Yeah, there are liberal elites, but to think that they're the problem is short-sighted at best.  We have food deserts here in Chicago because the corporate owners of the major food stores refuse to build in an area that may not give them enough profit on a quarterly basis.  That's not to say they won't be profitable, they just won't be profitable enough.  (if you think corporations are people, then you must acknowledge that they're complete a$$holes). The small mom and pop stores can't really make a dent because the corporate owners of the land and buildings would rather have a write off than a meager business - also, their rents are out of reach many times.

In short - it's not the "liberal elites" - it's the CORPORATE elites.  Sadly, both repubs and dems are led around by the nose by them.