Our problem is that we individually subsidize privately owned substitutes...

[MrScorpio]

For what should be a publicly owned social safety net.

It's the greatest Ponzi scheme on the face of the Earth.

And it's an even bigger problem that this system is so psychologically, sociologically and emotionally ingrained in our vast national psyche that it's impossible for most Americans to think clearly about it.

Hence, the complete case of cognitive dissonance suffered by our tea bagging cousins, the utterly unrealistic thinking of the Libertarians, and the rampant corporate whore-mongering on both sides of the political aisle.

As long as we rely on that faith based thinking that forces us to depend on the elites, who profit off of public need, the scam will continue.

Now, I don't have a problem with capitalism, per se...

I do have a big problem with exploitive and unrestrained CRONY capitalism.

[handmade34]

1. I love you and the way you think MrScorpio

we do what the marketers tell us and then we complain

[ShortnFiery]

2. Correct. The true battle lines are NOT Left vs. Right but Big Money Capitalists vs. The Rest of Us.