You know what, folks? You're gonna need socialism to deal with a situation this big. Oooo...scary (to Americans). Yup. Socialism. That's something that you do because it MUST be done, because it HAS to be done...not because it makes money for someone.

Remember Roosevelt's New Deal?

There are maybe a million people now who need shelter, homes, jobs, and basic infrastructure. Who is going to do it? Private industry? Private industry works when they are paid to.

Socialism does what actually needs to be done. And that is sanity. It doesn't matter whether or not it makes money for anyone, it has to be done. Money isn't even real. It's an arbitrary invented thing...an idea...stamped on pieces of paper. Human lives are real.

And that's why I believe in (a certain amount of) socialism. When and where it is needed. Socialism is not an all-or-nothing proposition. It combines very well with capitalism. It's what you use when and where capitalism doesn't solve the problem adequately.