EUA: Neo-Socialismo

Republicans admit the free market doesn't work

"For years, the Republican Party has preached the virtues of the "ownership society." Americans should own their own homes, goes the songbook; they should own stocks; they should take ownership of social benefits like heath care. It's a compelling vision—and it has completely collapsed."

"There is a term in political philosophy to describe a government takeover of a critical industry: That term is socialism. What the Bush administration is proposing is, plain and simple, socialized banking."

"This is the political party that for decades has insisted on deregulation and free markets, has scolded Hugo Chavez for nationalizing the oil industry (...) the Bush administration has undertaken the single largest socialist investment in the history of mankind. The Bolshevik revolution of 1917 couldn't dream of an economy worth $700 billion; the figure dwarfs anything ever attempted by Fidel Castro"