A how-to guide to socialism

Here's a great way to introduce socialism to America.

First, take a major sector of the economy, be it health care, automobile manufacturing, or banking, and find some way to destroy it.

For banking, you could, say, make banks give mortgages to people who can't repay them.

For automakers, impose CAFE standards that will make it impossible for them to sell cars profitably.

For health care, force insurers to provide coverage to people with preexisting conditions.

Then, when these industries go belly-up, use trillions of taxpayer dollars to buy them out.

Just like that, the federal government ends up owning the economy!

One last thing: When the government starts jumping in to take over industries, be sure to call it a "rescue." That way, Washington comes off sounding like the good guy!