Socialists haven’t discouraged capitalism much in the U.S.

Looks like whenever we have an election these days, some of the right-wing type people try to put the fear into the rest of us by warning about Marxist liberals. Personally, I don’t believe we will ever have socialism in the United States. Seattle has to be one of the most liberal cities in America and yet many of the richest, most-powerful capitalist in the world live in good old Seattle.

Anyone who thinks those guys are going to hand all their money and power over is delusional. It’s doubtful that very many Americans have ever even seen a communist and wouldn’t know it if they did.

I have been reading about building the railroad in the U.S. and the government paid for probably, the lion’s share of the work. Mostly they made loans to various large capitalist types which darn few paid the government back. I guess things never change much.

Mike Miller

Everett