Communism also utilizes monopolies to maximize tax money. Thus leaving the market with the most inefficient allocation of resources. There is actually no advancement in technology, and communism actually does work for short periods of time, but everyone becomes poor due to the government monopolies and no new technology is created so they eventually begin to lose their export market to countries that have more advanced products.

Besides, economists have never run their own communist country, nor would they try, so you don't know whether or not they would succeed.

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It doesn't matter who we elect, it doesn't matter what they've done or who they've done, what is important is what they actually do. Too many politicians are politicians - they like to talk about useless issues and keep people in the dark about the real issue: money. I will always care more about what the government tells me I have to spend my money on, opposed to some unborn assassination. Freedom is the right to chose, on everything.