Thanks. You are better-educated in the field of American economics than I. Many of us see this slide into socialism and realize that socialism always fails, but there seems to be little we can do about it, since we elect those who end up lying to us and refuse to listen to us. Most people I know have no confidence in or respect for politicians anymore.
In Canada we practice some odd forms of socialism.
In most nations where people are expected to move to the opportunity, in Canada our "wise" federal government attempts a beggar thy neighbour policy between provinces. Much of federal taxes are sent to provinces that have bad economics to "bolster" their economies and provide better unemployment benefits. It pisses off those in the provinces that are holding the rest of the nation together.
The other form, also practiced in the US, is corporate welfare. Large, politically connected (very very important to have former politicians on your board of directors) corporations go hat in hand to successive governments. For example our auto industry has received a couple hundred million from federal and provincial governments. It makes me sick. You would think businessmen would have some self-respect. But not these businessmen. Now I live out West, so my question, WTF do I want my tax money going to Ontario to help the Ontario auto industry hire Ontarions? Screw you guys. Leave my wallet alone and if you want to waste money, waste your own damn money. It would be like the United States sending millions to subsidize the Alaskan natural gas projects.
Well, there's my rant. We are fighting the socialists at every front. Some of those socialists (Michael Moore, Chomsky) are on side with the Islamo-facists.