WASHINGTON: Ten of thousands of protesters from across the United States descended on the nation's capital on Saturday, decrying President Barack Obama, "big government" and big spending.

They carried hand-painted posters protesting Obama's proposed health care reforms and accusing his administration of leading the United States down the road to socialism.

"Abortion is not healthcare," read one sign. Another, held aloft by an immigrant from Ukraine, said: "I had enough of socialism in the USSR."