I agree, I'm anxious to see the outcome of your poll. And yes, with freedom comes great risk, that is the essence of freedom. You are free to make both positive and negative decisions, free to succeed or fail. At the same time, you have to be willing to accept failure and the fortitude to rebound.

I also agree we now live in a society where failure is viewed as something that should be prevented, as well as a society that views actual success as negative. We live in a society where, simply by succeeding you are labeled as an evil corporate villain.

I don't understand how starting a company, employing fellow citizens, and providing a service or product to the community is so easily attacked. People don't even look at corporations on an individual basis anymore, they simply label them all as evil.

I also find it funny how people feel socialism will alleviate this corruption. The big corporations will be better able to adapt to socialistic policies, regardless of if they remain in the private sector or are seized by the government.

The actual victims of socialism will be the small business owners, small farmers, and young entrepreneurs. I'm not saying the big corporations will be unharmed, but they will be much more likely to adapt.

People feel they are entitled to success, or at least a level of success in which they have what their neighbor has. Nobody has a right to anything other than what they have directly earned.