Paladin, how do you feel about paying $3.00+ for gas? Or 30% of your take home pay on healthcare? In "laissez faire capitalism" only the wealthy prosper. The middle class dies, and the poor continue to live off the system. Clearly, you are not a "working man". Spare us your elitist anti-union rant.

If socialism is so bad, how do you explain the high standard for quality of life in countries like Britain, Canada, France, Italy, etc. Why haven't they dumped their socialist systems? Bear in mind, we're talking socialism here, not communism. You do know the difference, don't you?