Overall capitalism gives the opportunity to move into another class of lifestyle. Socialism is a trap---kind of like welfare. Most welfare cases stayed on due to the pay and inability to recieve health care at lesser jobs. We do not need socialism, we need regulation in pay. I don't care how many years you spent on education---your pay should not be more than 100 times the mcdonalds worker gets. I think if we all had the chance to dictate our equal pay then we wouldn't have these issues. Thats why obama wants to give the unions a stronghold. What would walmart and mcdonald do if everyone belong to the union. It would definately close the cap between the have and have nots. Please don't gravedig! =)