If only Americans were this motivated....

[Eric5273]

Originally Posted by Wagner

Part of me wonders (conspiracy wise) if this is a leftist push to make Capitalism look REALLY BAD...to justify socialist practices.

Everyone keeps referring to the stimulus bill as socialism, but what I see in this stimulus bill is mostly fascism, which is the opposite of socialism. I see large chunks of money being given to special interests, as is the case with these bailouts. There is absolutely nothing socialist about giving taxpayer monty to large corporations so they can spread it among their wealthy elite. Socialism would be the exact opposite.

Out of the total money being spent, only a very small portion is actually going to the lower and middle class. If most of the bills consisted of tax rebates to the lower and middle class, then you would be correct in calling it socialism.

I don't doubt that Obama really wants to move things more towards socialism, but I think he is mostly powerless to do so. What he needs is the people to protest like what is happening in France. If people were to come out in number and demand change, then he will be able to make it happen.

In the end, our elected representatives do care about their own asses, and they will turn down the money from special interests if they think their careers are on the line. It's good that you send letters to them expressing your opinions. It's too bad that more people don't do this.

Remember that people with the most also have the most to lose. Whenever the poor and middle class become restless, those in charge see visions of Bastille, and they will compromise as much as is needed in order to keep the masses content. That is what happened under FDR in the 1930s, and that could very likely happen again, but people have to show that they can organize and protest. Otherwise the establishment simply ignores them.