To claim that the US doesn't have socialistic elements is just laughable. I did a research paper on the impact of the Communist Manifesto on the US, and I got me an A in the class, so hopefully I know what i'm talking about While the US is never going to turn into China, our represen!@#$%^&*ive democracy has added elements throughout the years that have come straight from Communistic principles, such as the right of women to vote, the right to unionize for better working conditions, the development of OSHA to protect worker's rights, Overtime, which protects the worker's right to not be owned by their boss for more then 40 hrs a week (which sadly Bush wishes to eliminate), minimum wage, Social Security, the elimination of the Bourgeoisie/proletarian system in America thanks to the GI bill which led to the establishment of the Middle Class, and the inevitable creation of a universal health care system. Laws which protect the rights of the small against the large, such as apartment codes so that another Triangle Shirtwaist Fire can never happen. Communist policies that benefit Americans have been co-opted for years. I dub it "Selective Socialism".