>Because it always has been. We are still the engine of capitalism and have only experienced speed bumps in the last century.

>Obama's policies are pushing us further and further down the road to socialism.

With all due respect, I don't think many americans really know what socialism is about, except that have been indoctrinated from birth that it is evil. Obama's roadmap is leaving the path of egocentric greedy capitalism the US has been on for decades and finally got it down, but that should not be confused with 'waisting money' on people who don't want to work.