That is the fear I have - that people are so self-centered that they cannot for the life of themselves look at Europe and in other nations that socialism has been tried and failed yet they seem to think the US can make it work.

I have come to the conclusion that the entire Congress save a few are really "progressives" which makes them "socialists". I heard one talk show host today talking about the Congressional Progressive Caucas. Did you even know such a caucas existed?? Well it does and it has around 77 House members. It was founded by Sanders, the Socialist member of Congress and has grown since then. There lies the problem.

Progressives have been in our government since Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Rossevelt who were both progressives and believed in a big central government. We have slowly allowed this to happen.

Great post. Now what do we do about it?