It won't be America anymore.

Maybe we Americans should just let the bottom drop out of the economy. And forget about any stimulus. Maybe that's the best way to bring an end to American-style capitalism, aka rampant greed. Let it fail. Miserably. Let the banks and other businesses go under. Let the stock market go into the dumpster. Let's have vast hordes of poor people. And millions and millions without jobs. It'll create conditions that call for great change. Maybe a revolution. For a sharing of whatever wealth we have. Because it sure beats what we have now. A huge gap between the rich and the poor. An everybody-for-himself mentality. In which 1 percent of the population controls half of the wealth. Guess that's not working for the rest of us. But the fats cats -- well, they have moola to spare. They'll survive. Because they know how to manipulate. To milk the system. To monopolize the wealth. To live in luxury. They know how to control our minds, too. Our thinking. They encourage even common folk to become Republicans. To oppose government intervention in tough times. Because that's socialism. Of course, it's okay to bail out the rich, the power elites. They oppose welfare for the poor. But corporate welfare. That's all right. Yes, that's what we Americans have bought into. Keeping the rich rich. And keeping the poor poor. We ordinary Americans. We're a stupid lot. So stupid that we listen to the Republicans' idiotic sound bites, and believe 'em. Those damn Democrats. They just want to spend, spend, spend. On infrastructure projects. On creation of more jobs. On universal health care. Yes, on the basic necessities of life. They want to take from the rich and give to the poor. That's unAmerican. Next thing you know, Obama and the Democrats will lead us down the road to socialism. Before you know it, we won't have any more rich and privileged people. America won't be America anymore. --Jim Broede