Look, I know.. It's a complex issue and hard to wrap your head around.
Here's a protip for the simpletons: If you ever need to know what position you should support, just visit HuffingtonPost.com and pretend it's opposite day:
Socialists notoriously lack understanding in economics. Combine that with the fact that they love to force other people to pay for things they want at the barrel of the state gun, you can be fairly certain that the antithesis of their claims are the right ones to go with.