Neither one of them are going to do anything to enhance my freedom, or let me keep more of my earnings. Where does that put them, authoritarian?

I recall reading in history books about when "liberals" were people that didn't trust or like government. Who usurped our word?

Yeah, Europe's in such great shape that plenty of them still come here for good and timely medical care.

I guess I'm not quite sure how you're blaming the private sector entirely for "healthcare" and "credit crisis". I'll put the blame squarely on government intervention for both. Government for pushing HMOs, mandating insurance that operates as collectivism rather than insurance, allowing lawyers to run roughshod over the medical industry, and empowering bureacrats over doctors. As for the credit crisis, I don't look much farther than the Federal Reserve manipulating the money supply to encourage speculative and risky investments.

The free market works great, we just wouldn't know, we don't have one. We're regulated to death, but people are so blind, they call for MORE regulation by the very idiots that caused these problems.

Oh, whew, it's about time we can have broadband access run with all the competence and efficiency of a government program!

You'll never roll back Sarbanes-Oxley. The accounting firms' own too much of Congress. It's all about funneling billions into the hands of accounting firms, so they can keep paying off Senators and Representatives. This is very little different than any other government intrusion regulating private enterprise - completely ineffective in it's stated goals, but funnels lots of cash into those that "contribute" to elections.