[cmccuist]

Capitalism is grand! I'm an engineer. Not rich by any stretch. However, I have an SUV for my wife, a Jeep for my college age daughter, a BMW for my other college age daughter, a Honda CRX for my daily driver and an '80 SC for fun. Also a ski boat, jet boat and jet ski. Under almost any other system - socialism, communism, facism, tribalism whatever, an engineer could hope to have maybe a 20 year old rusted Toyota Corolla and a moped. Yea there are some crooks out there - politicans and CEO's are some of the worst, but the wealth accumulated under capitalism is unrivaled in the history of mankind. Even our poor people have adequate housing, food, transportation and some "luxury" items. Capitalism is not perfect by any stretch - the freedom to make money also allows for a level of dishonesty, but overall, forget about it. You don't want someone else to decide how the money gets doled (and I do mean doled) out!

Craig