[thegreattait]

From my understanding the US has a higher GDP per capita then Canada, that to me is a statistic of a capitalist nation. (I'm not sure where the average income is in comparison). True capitalism doesn't take into consideration the needs of the poor, from either those that do not have the education or tools to improve their lott in live, or those who choose not to. In our Canadian system which has a mixture of Capitalism with some socialist elements, those that are less fortunate are better off then those who are less fortunate in the US. As a society I think we are all better off because we choose to reallocate resources from the wealthier segment of the population in order to provide for those less fortunate. i.e. Taxes to support communal benefits like health care education etc.