Left and right politics both have trade offs. I wouldn't give up my free health care or education for anything. But we get stuck with stupid regulations in certain areas which hurts job growth. On the other hand look at the USA. Compared to many European countries it's on the far right - however their taxi industry is still heavily regulated in most major cities. I've come to the conclusion recently that governments in general will always suck. Despite my high opinion of free health care the recent revelations on government spying have had to make me think whether I can tolerate big/left government.