You really don't need to nationalise the entire system. Many of the banks in the US are run fairly well.

If the gov't would take the money they have been giving the large banks, and instead buy up voting shares in those banks, they would control them and be able to fire the idiots who have been running them, straighten them out, and then re-sell them into the private market.

This idea has been going around the progressive talk shows for awhile now, and the more I hear about it the more it makes sense.

Mick, you are right, I believe, that most here don't understand what socialism means. Hell, the republicans don't even know what conservatism means. They say they are conservatives, but I think the idea of every man for himself, dog eat dog, only the strong survive, and no gov't regulation would actually classify them as anarchists.

Too many people confuse socialism with communism, and communism with the USSR.

How many of the socialist programs we already have are they willing to do without? Police? Fire departments? Sewer systems? Water treatment and distribution? Gas and electric distribution? Schools? Ambulance service? Health departments? Roadway systems?......

Yeah, they're probably right. Socialism is evil. We should just get rid of all that stuff.

Hey, at least we might finally do something about all the overcrowding.

BHSC