Something I've wondered... when it comes to social / economic policies, why is it always all or nothing for those on the right? I was reading this article (http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/113075/end-40-hour-workweek-mainstreet?mod=career-worklife_balance) about how most Americans are working more than 40 hours a week and what not and what followed was a number of angry comments calling the author “anti-capitalist“ and what not. This kind of “all or nothing” / “either or” thinking has become rampant with a lot of Americans. Just because someone brings up valid points in an article about how we are working too much and / or making too little it doesn't mean they are advocating communism or socialism. There was a good middle ground between the extremes that the U.S enjoyed between 1945 - 1973. During this time jobs were stable, pay was decent and 40 hour work weeks were the norm and the US enjoyed one of it's longest and strongest economic booms in history! This boom lifted ALL classes of Americans standard of living. That wouldn't have been possible if we were all commies or welfare bums during this period. The majority of Americans were decent, hardworking folks just like most of todays families trying to make ends meet. The problem is, since the 70's economic polices have shifted strongly to the right favoring the wealthy over everyone else and leading to nearly stagnant wages for most Americans. Yet ANY talk of this always leads to republicans screaming commie! Can they not see that it's possible for there to be a middle ground? a society that is capitalistic but that has some safe guards in place to make sure things don't get too out of hand and that workers and families have some protection?