Why Socialism Sucks

I have some pretty strong feelings about socialism, but I have to say Tony Blair sums it up the best:

"Some have suggested I want to abandon Europe's social model," Blair told the European Parliament last month. "But tell me: what type of social model is it that has 20 million unemployed in Europe, productivity rates falling behind those of the United States; that is allowing more science graduates to be produced by India than by Europe; and that, on any relative index of a modern economy -- skills, R&D, patents, IT -- is going down not up."

...and the American left want to walk down Europe's path?