Don’t abandon capitalism

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It’s bad enough when Democrats start playing class warfare, but when Republican presidential contenders begin using phrases like “vulture capitalism,” it’s time to be really worried. It’s easy to dismiss as sour grapes Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry’s attacks on Mitt Romney and Bain Capital, which Romney co-founded.

It’s no coincidence that the attacks are getting nastier in South Carolina, site of the next presidential primary and perhaps the last chance one of the challengers has of stalling Romney’s path to the nomination.

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