I'm a proponent of a regulated free market.  But in general, I think the government thinks it should be in charge of making economic decisions for the people it governs instead of letting people decide for themselves.  John McCain has said that part of his platform will be to help protect home prices.   Hmm.  He's going to use the government to protect prices.  It's that what Venezuela is doing?  I.e. the government thinks that something is not being sold on the market for the right price, so they nationalize it and try to set the price themselves?  Hugo Chavez is proud to call that socialism.  I don't think we're close to what Venezuela is doing, but there are similarities.

But I don't think Barak Obama has anything on McCain.  He recently said that he wants to redistribute wealth.  The words actually came out of his mouth.  I know most Democrats believe in this to some degree, but it's rare that they'll come out and say it so directly.

So, both John McCain and Barak Obama are trying to win votes by appealing to the masses.  That's understandable.  There are more middle and lower class voters than rich upper class voters.  I just worry that they're basing their policy on what souns good, rather than what is economically sound.

I still like Ron Paul.  He tells it straight.  I'm not sure why his straightforward message didn't catch on more.