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>Certainly true. But we desperately need for capitalism to show a little more regard for people and society.
>Saving/making $$$ at the expense of others is *not* a design feature of capitalism. Sure, it has grown to that, but it never should have. And I don't think it would have if Communism was still a factor. But the Communists that are left have found the way to have a few of them get richer while they exploit the rest. We are moving very fast in the same direction.
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>By the way, Dmitry, you have to be careful with that word "socialist" in the U.S. of A. It has been engrained in people there that socialist == socialized and that socialized is therefore the absolute worst idea in the whole wide world.

I disagree with you. Corporation should worry about making profit for their share holders. Government should worry about protecting citizens from abusive or illegal practices. The free-market economy will take care of the rest. If a person feels that this or that corporation is abusing or taking advantage or some other way “hurting” him/her, they will stop using services/products of the corporation.

The original post was about fees collected by Credit Card companies. I took the number as a positive thing. To me it indicates a very active economy. You, obviously <g>, took it as a way to bash capitalism and USA <g>. I am not surprised.

I know what socialism is. I lived under it for 24 years. And I now live in a capitalism for about the same number of years. So I can make a valid comparison and judgment.