Piss off. I spent seven years in combat arms units, am a combat veteran, and you have the balls to tell ME about a free lunch? Get your fat ass out of your chair and pull a tour in Iraq, then you can tell me about free lunches.

Ask the perpetually underemployed, debt-ridden, overworked, and underpaid American worker (including thousands of programmers...) about the consequences of unfettered Capitalism. See if they would be willing to sacrifice the "economy" for a safety net.

As for me, I have a job that I love, am working on a doctorate, own a house, and a have fat 401k. I've been saving a quarter of my income for a decade, much in line with my German relatives. So tell me again about "free lunches".