When the inmates run the asylum

Now, for those of you who have "drunk the (neoliberal) Kool-Aid", so to speak. I'm sure you've got your undies in a knot over how I can just slough off things you so dearly believe in. My point is simple: each of the 10 items I listed as central to a neoliberal world view are, at bottom, nothing but beliefs, articles of faith, if you will, because they have no justifiable basis in reality. None of them are true. None of them are facts. They are, simply stated, just things you believe.

So, for the anal-retentive types among you, my point-by-point refutation:

1. Individuals act solely in their own self-interest.
   Please explain altruism to me. Provide any evidence that, say, evolutionarily speaking cooperation is not advantageous.
2. This self-interest is "enlightened".
   What does "enlightened" mean in this context? How does everyone looking out for him/herself automatically become "for the good of all"?
3. Markets should be free.
   What does "free" mean? If left to their own devices, where is the historical evidence that markets work to the benefit of the majority, not the minority?
4. Deregulation is desirable.
   See previous point.
5. Allowing private interests to dominate over government interests leads to more efficiency in the market.
   What does "efficiency" mean? Name one privatized sector in which public services are being provided at costs lower and more people are served with fewer resources than if the government were doing it.
6. Social spending is wasteful.
   Since social spending is, by definition, for the good of all, define "wasteful" in this context. Explain how spending $3bn on food stamps, for example, is "worse" than providing companies with $4 billion in tax breaks and subsidies.
7. Trade liberalization benefits all.
   Any evidence whatsoever would be appreciated.
8. When the owners of capital benefit, everyone benefits.
   If neoliberalism works, why do we have wealth/income inequality in the first place?
9. Those who capitalize more, deserve more.
   Based upon which criteria?
10. Property rights take precedence over all other rights.
    Why? Why is property so important to begin with?

In other words, where are the facts to back up the assertions? Where is the evidence to support the principles? If you can't show it, I am perfectly justified in thinking that these are not things that "are", rather they are simply things that you believe.