[spamuell]

OK let's go:

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-helps to secure position

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Yes, but a loose and passive opponent behind you isn't going to fold that many hands to a raise that they were planning on limping with. Chances are if they fold to your raise, they probably were folding anyway. Furthermore, having a loose passive behind you really isn't bad, they check through far too often and really make minimal use of position.

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-inflates a pot in position

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With the kind of hands you'd limp with, you don't want to inflate the pot. You're unlikely to have a large equity edge pf and you're just making it more correct for your opponents to call post flop which is what they'll do anyway.

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-gives you a chance to fold the blinds

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Yeah but it's not going to work that often.

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-secures momentum
-forces passive players to check to you allowing you to dicate how many bets go into the pot

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These are the same thing, and a lot of the time they're checking to you anyway.

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-takes away equity from the SB when it would have been correct for him to complete

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Yeah but he plays badly after the flop so you don't really mind if he's playing, you're just trying to make a hand and have someone call you down and he's going to pay you off with crap more often than vice versa.

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-builds equity when the BB defends with a hand he shouldnt have

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Your equity edge is not big though pre-flop.

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-keeps opposing player actions "pure"

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They're fairly predictable opponents anyway, that's the point.

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-betting is simply better than calling

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Why?

OK I'm going to be out for a few hours now but I'll reply later.