Shorthand pithy summarization is a fundamental building block of human communication, and doesn't constitute a fallacious argument. Allow me to translate what

Shorthand pithy summarization is a fundamental building block of human communication, and doesn't constitute a fallacious argument. Allow me to translate what tobinfricke said: "The Heritage Foundation is hardly an objective source on the topic of the advantages of the so-called 'free market', considering the fact that they are an organization dedicated principally to promulgating and evangelizing the concept of the 'free market' (by which they essentially mean a market in which the regulatory structures that benefit incumbent businesses are preserved, but new regulatory frameworks that would affect the status quo are discouraged). Oh and, here's a link to some basic information on the topic. If I were to say to you that Frito-Lay is not an objective source about whether Doritos are delicious and healthy, that does not actually meet the criteria for argumentum ad hominem.