Rant Time: "Big Government"/ Socialism

I don't like getting on a soapbox very often but I think this is a very troubling issue. For all the Republicans out there saying how they hate "big government" here's what I want you to do: pay back every cent the US Government has given you. That includes the following:

• Pell Grant for college students
• Unemployment benefits
• Medicare (that's right, go harass grandma)
• Start up loans for businesses
• Social Security
• Public school funds (that'd be thousands of dollars per child)
• Cash for Clunkers
• The money you make from minimum wage minus what the companies really want to pay you (here's a hint: it's close to zip)

The list goes on and on. Let's face facts here; for some things we need the government to step in and correct a situation that's becoming a problem. Health Care has reached that status and we NEED a public option to reign in on the people whose bottom line is profit. Who says Capitalism has to be so infused in our lives that it controls that very thing?