[lbo-talk] 36% of Americans have a positive image of socialism

[Miles Jackson]

Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> On Feb 5, 2010, at 7:24 AM, Matthias Wasser wrote:
>
>> Socialism and capitalism both get 60% approval ratings from liberals. I
>> think a very big portion are taking the Republicans at face value 
>> when they
>> call the welfare state socialism, and judging accordingly
>
> Yup, I think you're right. Whenever Fox calls the pres a socialist, 
> the Dems say, well maybe socialism isn't too bad. Alas, what that 
> means is that throwing buckets of money at Wall Street to restore the 
> status quo ante bustum = socialism.
>
> Doug 

Well, they are halfway there: they're socializing the losses.  Now if 
they would do something to socialize the gains--

Miles