Does the USA need a perestroika?

[HappySqurriel]

ManusJustus said:

HappySqurriel said:

Although the United States really needs major reductions in government spending (after all the municipal, state and the federal governments are all spending far more than they take in with little benefit for their citizens) I'm not so sure I would follow the example of the USSR ...

I dont see how Gorbachev's reforms of the Soviet Union, where the political elite were given private control of industry, and America's bailing out of big business, is fundamentally any different.  Take from the poor and give to the rich.

That's kind of the point ...

The Federal Government in the United States has taken on a heavy role in the economy, is picking winners and losers, and the rich and powerful elite who are close to the government are (surprise suprise) choosen as the winners; and the cost of this protection, and of these bailouts, is being passed on to the poor people who don't have the ability to avoid taxes.