quality of life, quality of education, quality of government. you get what you pay for. there's a reason why America is falling behind in education, employment, and crime.
Canada and Europe are surpassing us quickly with socialized ideas. so we can cling to the free market idealogy and let the gap between rich and poor increase and be happy that we got a few hundred extra bucks to buy some useless crap or we can have a better country and compete in the world.

Bow ties are coool.