By exploiting the internal gauge-invariance intrinsic to a spin-charge
separated electron, we show that such degrees of freedom must be confined in
two-dimensional superconductors experiencing strong inter-electron repulsion.
We also demonstrate that incipient confinement in the normal state can prevent
chiral spin-fluctuations from destroying the cross-over between strange and
psuedo-gap regimes in under-doped high-temperature superconductors. Last, we
suggest that the negative Hall anomaly observed in these materials is connected
with this confinement effect.Comment: 12 pages, 1 postscript figure, to appear in PRB (RC), May 199