Rohit: Very thought out and well written post. I have to agree with your reasonings. I feel sad about our country when the best possible option in people's mind is the commies. Although history has shown all commies to be a failure, maybe there will be some hope if they lean more towards market economy. China has been doing this for the past 30 years and see how far they have come. I was reading an article by Jim Rogers where he mentioned that China is more capitalist than the US itself. Similarly, in West Bengal where there was a communist government but were very advanced as they encouraged foreign investments. It is just the basic philosophy of the commies that robs Peter to pay Paul that scares me. That just takes away the incentive for people to work hard. Why work hard and create something new if the government is going to take it away from you?

This day would have never come if the past administrations had done what they had promised to do. As citizens we should stop expecting things from the government. Government's job is to provide security and maintain law and order. They cannot be expected to solve all the problems.