Long live socialism!

I am heartened by the French and the Greeks. They've ousted right wing politicians in favor of leftists. Yes, socialists. My kind of people. The French and the Greeks are saying to hell with austerity being foisted on them by conservatives. By the likes of American Republicans. Instead, the French and the Greeks want the rich to be taxed at higher rates. To pay for more public sector jobs. To pay for a social services safety net. To make life better for the poor and the middle class. Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Halllelujah! That's what will improve the economy. Not austerity. Not programs that make the rich richer and the poor poorer. It's time to redistribute the wealth. To narrow the obscene gap between the rich and the poor. Time to serve the common good. The rich will still be rich. But less rich. That's the right and decent and humane thing to do. Yes, make the poor less poor and the rich less rich. It's time for America to follow the leads of the French and the Greeks. Certainly, the Italians and the Spanish and the Irish and the Portugese will soon follow. Yes, we can solve our economic problems worldwide. By moving to the left. In unison. By embracing socialism. Sure beats economic/political/social systems designed by greedy capitalists. --Jim Broede