Problem is that since the end of the Vietnam War the sons and daughters of WWII working class that read this blog have been illusionarily transported to a false sense of uber-working class:::children of blue collar that are bought off by empty vestiges of upward mobility: think dead Tim Russert, son of Big Russ, and all the boomers, former hippies that regale undergraduates with humungous student loans from their sanctimonious perchs as tenured professors or parasites of NGOs or NPOs or Public Television Lackeys who foist countless “pledge weeks” on viewers who are not cognizant that Public Television is funded, in majority, by Corporate Interests.  But of course that is alright, because who will Boomer Mommy and Daddy pay off Sally and Johnny’s outrageous student loans unless Boomer Mommy and Daddy can get 20% on Securitzed Mortgage Instruments which inevitably have reduced the real workers to the level of miners in inescapable debt to the Global Company Store.

“Think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it gets socialized.”
Let’s see, the U.S. spends more on healthcare than any other nation. The system is choked with buraucracy. The “market” has led us to a nation of nearly 50 million uninsured, and countless more underinsured. People in our nation go BANKRUPT from crushing medical bills. The policies of deregulation have led us to where we are today, with an economy in shambles. Our government (and it is OURS) is entrusted with running national defense, infrastructure, social security, medicare, and countless other programs that we the people depend on. Yes it could be done more efficiently, but as anyone with experience in the private sector could tell you, if you think the government wastes money, try big business.

There can no longer be significant economic growth in the U.S. unless we first get past our provincial opinions that “socializing” public services is a first step towards communism. Nearly all of the western democracys realized decades ago that privatized (for profit) public services, like health care, education, and public utilities cannot efficiently serve a countrys populace. These and other services need to be controlled though a centralized mechanism whose sole purpose is distribution of services to the benefit of ALL citizens of your nation. As seen in the model of the other Western economies, substancial economic growth is best cultivated in nations where workers and corporations can go about their daily business secure in the knowledge that their payroll taxes are providing for their healthcare needs, the education of the next generation, and yes making the trains run (nearly) on time. Many in the U.S. would argue that our government cannot handle the burden of managing basic needs like medical care and education, yet the governments of western Europe, japan, and many other countries like ours seem to do it every day.
We must ask ourselves in the U.S. whether we can ever have sustained economic growth again in our nation without a portable system of socialized medicine and an educational system that provides a level playing field for all students, as well as a COLLEGE education for all capable Americans. 
Think about this, imagine if, instead of invading and occupying the Middle East, our nation would have spent that one trillion dollars providing a COLLEGE education for every capable American. And when those people finish school they can take their portable healthcare any where in the nation to start a business, build a home and a life without the worries of crushing medical costs and crippling student loan dept. They may even be able to build a house or business with a government incentive providing assistance for alternative energy sources, like solar panels, turbines and geothermal to be used on all new buildings. We may even have enough money to provide incentives for high tech companies to once again make America the scientific envy of the world.
We can do all these things, but we first need to take the bold step of CHANGING! A little socialism mixed in with our massive capitalistic deep pockets would not make us communists, it would only serve to enlighten us.

Frankly I have had enough of this Rhetorical BS which has become a mantra for CheneyCorp. the conditions here demand a Surge. An invasion and supprssion of Corp power and influence which has brought not only our economy to it’s knees but has seized our rights and Freedoms.The Tryanny of this Adminsitration and it’s accomplices in Congress and Industry have made this country no different than Saddams Iraq!
The so called Surge appears to have been successful in Standing Iraqi’s Up, while Crushing US to the ground- We are in insurmountable debt to foreign investors and have sacrificed thousands of more lives while securing the Oil Regimes strangle Hold on the World Economy and Human lives.
I don’t give a Shit what the Generals see as the ‘Conditions on the Ground in iraq’, when we have been eating dirt because of it!
The Only Surge which has been effective is Ending American Sovereignty!
No cave Dwelling extremeist could have caused the devastating conditions We now face- economically, militarily and Humanitarianly.
Who has proven their HATRED OF THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE MORE THEN THIS ADMIN, CONGRESS AND THEIR CORP SPONSOR. WHO INSTIGATED THE OIL STRANGLE HOLD? WHO HAS STOLEN OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS. WHO ARE A OUR REAL ENEMEIES,THE REAL TERRORISTS?
Until These people are personally held criminally liable for their acts of treason, War crimes and crimes against Humanity, The Great Experiment has been Conquered by Profiteering Facists!