Capitalism does indeed work and I'm all for it although I lean left, but capitalism without safeguards (that is, allowing uncontrolled profit maximization) is a

Capitalism does indeed work and I'm all for it although I lean left, but capitalism without safeguards (that is, allowing uncontrolled profit maximization) is a cancer. Having incentives to grow is a great thing, however one needs well defined limits to protect the poor. Corporations repeatedly find means to not pay or pay ridiculous amounts in taxes, which will invariably end up weighing on the shoulders of the middle and lower classes; that is something any sane government should address immediately, but it's hard to do that in a system where every campaign is run using mostly the money of the same entities it should tax.