Socialism?

[gnome]

What about the remaining $2 trillion of the US' annual budget?

The result of buying and selling of congresspeople... so that would make it part of capitalism

 

[Toke]

Come on now, there's no room for reasonable expression or middle ground in a political debate. How dare you refuse to stereotype someone or marginalize their views by lumping them in with one extreme or another? What are you, some kind of neutrality nazi?

Sorry about that, I not really in the mood for ranting this week.

I might get back to you with something on how capitalism have worked well with fascism and/or banana republic junta, but have switched to brought politicians for PR reasons.

Next you could look at the capitalist poster boy the US and see the influence of "campaign contributions" on issues* where real money are involved for the politicians sponsors. Healthcare would be a good start, regulations on minimum pay and benefits might be another. The bit about temp workers, half-time jobs, and what job descriptions warrant overtime pay sounds suspicious to me.

*Not the stuff used for elections.