RE: Which piece of big government are you against?

Havoc, for all I understand your post and what you’re getting at I’d like to point out something that is an increasingly painful thing to see coming from the US.
Socialism isn’t necessarily a bad thing; capitalism doesn’t work as it just lets the rich get richer and the poor get the picture. It’s time to wise up to REAL WORLD politics rather than still continuing this hatred for socialism and communism caused by MCcArthyist witch hunts and the fear and panic of an empire big enough to slaughter the US.
(and yes, the former Soviet Union could totally have destroyed the US, just take a look at Tsar Bomba if you don’t believe me, the US had nothing close to this weapon that knocked Stalin off his chair from 110km away, a couple of these things would have annihilated the US power within only a few minutes).
Increasingly in the UK we’re seeing complete morons in the US screaming about how free health care is communist and communism is bad. Wise up for crying out loud! Just because these people are afraid of something they don’t understand doesn’t mean anyone should continue feeding this fear. Socialist objectives are very egalitarian, favouring economic equality where the top 1% don’t own 90% of the wealth. From the wikipedia page verbatim;
Socialism refers to various theories of economic organization advocating public or direct worker ownership and administration of the means of production and allocation of resources, and a society characterized by equal access to resources for all individuals with an egalitarian method of compensation. Contrary to popular belief, socialism is not a political system; it is an economic system distinct from capitalism.
Socialists mainly share the belief that capitalism unfairly concentrates power and wealth among a small segment of society that controls capital and derives its wealth through exploitation, creates an unequal society, does not provide equal opportunities for everyone to maximize their potentialities and does not utilize technology and resources to their maximum potential nor in the interests of the public.
Is that such a bad thing? Seriously, start thinking about other people, and not the size of your bank balance.
P.S. This isn’t directed at your political views Havoc, as I don’t know what your stance on socialism is. Personally I’d prefer a socialist society to a capitalist one any day, especially as I come from a working class background in a country that has over my life become increasingly capitalist.
Update: I forgot to mention something that’s quite important to understanding how implementation of socialism works; the extra money required to run a socialist society does not come out of YOUR pocket. The money comes from increases in capital gains taxes, corporation taxes etc… The whole point of socialism is distribution of wealth, not making individuals poorer by increasing income tax.
Update: Moron, a definition: “Idiot, someone of sub normal intelligence”, I think this adequately  describes the people I’m talking about, uneducated people publicised on the BBC News who see communism as evil without even knowing the difference between communism and totalitarianism… Not that the US isn’t _TOTALLY_ under the control of corporations, I mean that seems to me to be totalitarianism of a different form… Hopefully Obama will change that, as it seems he is willing to take the risk of assassination (by corporations who do not like his new ideas) over protecting the freedom and liberty of the US population.