The Swedes got it right.

I don't trust bankers. Especially American capitalist bankers. I suspect they protect their own. Like when the government bails out the banks during hard economic times. The naive assume that the bankers will then lend much of the government aid to us common folks...and that will stimulate the economy. But there's mounting evidence that the bankers took the first $350 billion bailout funds to line their own pockets. Paying dividends to their shareholders. And big salary bonuses to their executives. And buying other banks. Little of the dough found its way to people at the bottom of the heap. Yes, the rich keep getting richer. And the poor keep getting poorer. That's the way the American capitalist system works. The truly needed get the proverbial shaft. The rich capitalist money lenders have no desire to break their greedy habits. But thank gawd, there are the Swedes. They do things right. They truly nationalized their banks. In the 1990s. The government literally took over the banks -- lock, stock and barrel. The citizens of Sweden became the shareholders. Yes, the Swedes got equity in the banks. The government made the decisions. The government became the bankers. And the government raked in the eventual profits when economic conditions stabilized. The idea, of course, is to run the banking industry for the common good. Not for the good of the elite bankers and the elite rich. Yes, the Swedes got it right. It's time for Americans to follow in their footsteps. --Jim Broede