...on benefiting society.

I'm really a socialist at heart. Which means that if American-style capitalism dies some day, I may celebrate the funeral. I'm for what some capitalists call socialized medicine. I call it universal health care. Preferably, a single payer system. Run by the government. Rather than by private companies. And I'm for narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor. Not widening it. I want essential services provided under a system that sacrifices profit for the sake of the public good. I think that in a few centuries, Americans will look back on days of capitalism as living in the Dark Ages. When we were a greedy lot. When we believed in the right to reap obscene profits. When we allowed a few of the ruling elites to dictate the fate of society as a whole. We even allowed the ruling elites to wage senseless and idiotic wars -- so that the ruling elites could profit. Yes, we even allowed the ruling elites to bankrupt the nation by spending $3 trillion on a single war instead of spending the money on benefiting society. --Jim Broede