Is the US headed towards a socialist government?

[kandrathe]

You're wondering if your country is turning socialist, and you're asking Kandrathe to tell you? How surprising is that answer likely to be?

lol. Hey Jester, how good a President do you think Obama will be? :)

Here is an interesting tidbit to digest. Here in Minnesota our state is facing a 5 billion dollar budget shortfall due to reduced incomes. The governor has outlined trimming the budget by a mere 1 billion (2% reduction in spending), with the remainder (4 billion) coming from the federal bailout bill (or in other words, we borrowed some more from China). So, rather than do the responsible thing and trim back needless spending (like snow making machines, golf course club house improvements, and bike trails) we comfortably reel back some spending increases on the backs of the America's children.

Thanks China for bank rolling our wretched excess! Because, if anything, Minnesota needs snow making machines.