Monday, September 22, 2008

We Don't Practice Socialism -- Until We Do

Here's a great op-ed piece on the socialization of the U.S. economy, entitled How We Became the United States of France. My favorite quote: "But we [the United States] don't want to interfere with market forces like the French do — until we do."

Bullseye.

The sad result from all the scandal and fallout to come out of the lending collapse and bailout of the biggest investments banks in the United States is that we're going to have to temporarily abandon free market capitalism.