[Hoot Gibson]

Actually I'm not advocating either Communism or Socialism. My argument throughout the thread has been we already employ several tenets of socialism in the country, and the ones the get the grief help people and the ones that are ignored allow the wealthy to stuff their pockets.

I would like to see the United States strengthen the middle class. Corporations have not shown that they can use the benefits heaped on them over the past half century to strengthen the middle class, so maybe it's left up to the govt to do that by taking away those benefits and passing them to the citizen. Healthcare and education seem to hit this demographic the hardest, so maybe that is the area that the govt controls unless you guys support a total redistribution of wealth. America's two booms for the middle class in the past century have come at times when taxes on the rich were at the highest 1950's and 1990's. However, currently we are watching the top 1% gobble up the wealth in American while the majority of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. I think that is the fervor that sent our current President to the White House, but I believe he has people duped too. He is business friendly not worker friendly, so that ticked off electorate is in the same place they were 4 years ago.

Been employed since I was 15 and have never not had a job. I'm not even in the demographic I'm trying to stand up for anymore, but I do remember having to decide between health insurance and car insurance. Sorry, I am not the liberal caricature you're trying to create.

You never answered my question. You just continued advocating more socialism. More than half of the productive people in this country are employed by corporations with 500 or more employees. The federal government does favor large corporations over smaller ones but we should never lose sight of the fact that the private sector produces all of the wealth, prosperity, and financial security that we have in this country. Our government is a consumer of wealth.