Are you a Socialist?

[hunter]

36. Yes.

I figure 51% of the economy and the wealth ought to be controlled democratically by "We the People" and 49% ought to be free market, but regulated tightly enough that it doesn't become too concentrated among a few individuals or giant corporations.

Imagine government medical, science, and technical research released to the world no strings attached.

Imagine high quality education and medical care available to everyone, no charge, all of it paid for by the people of this nation.

Large corporations these days strive to inhibit any sort of progress they cannot control, often by corrupting government regulatory agencies and the political process.

They also try to capture and control resources that belong to all of us for their own profit.

I think government agencies ought to compete directly with employers who do not pay or treat their workers well. Why are we giving WalMart workers food stamps when we might instead hire these same workers to do very necessary infrastructure improvements, teach them new skills, and pay them living wages?

With that kind of competition, directly from government, WalMart would have to pay their workers living wages and treat them fairly, otherwise they simply wouldn't be able to find anyone willing to work for them.