...the basic necessities.

I'm still going on the premise that from bad, eventually springs good. The demise of our capitalist economies. That'll bring bad times. So bad that we'll have to find better ways to manage our economies. So there isn't such a wide gap between the rich and poor. So that government eventually assumes the primary responsibility for seeing that the common good is served. I think that's the history of civilization. A constant effort to get things right. To get things fixed. And we do get 'em fixed to a significant degree. But then circumstances change. And we have to try something else. I think we'll have a revival of socialism. Many people won't like it to begin with. Because they've been taught and brainwashed to think of socialism as wrong. As evil. As bad. Maybe because it was applied in the wrong ways at the wrong times. But the time is coming when socialism will begin to make sense. To get us out of our bad times. Really, some of the finest programs in America are socialist in nature. Social security, for instance. And Medicare. We don't want to always admit it. But we need more programs like these. They are good. Because they serve the common good. They especially help the poor and the middle class. The rich always have money. They can buy the basic necessities and much more. But most of us aren't rich. We may not be poor. But we're all entitled to the basic necessities. --Jim Broede