Is the US headed towards a socialist government?

[Taem]

You mean more than they already have?

. . .

So, how do you want to define socialist?

Fair enough:

socialism Definition

so·cial·ism (sō′s̸həl iz′əm)

noun

1. any of various theories or systems of the ownership and operation of the means of production and distribution by society or the community rather than by private individuals, with all members of society or the community sharing in the work and the products
2.
1. a political movement for establishing such a system
2. the doctrines, methods, etc. of the Socialist parties
3. the stage of society, in Marxist doctrine, coming between the capitalist stage and the communist stage, in which private ownership of the means of production and distribution has been eliminated

I made bold the area of importance here. Here's what I see: a government controlled health insurance coming very soon, as the demands for this are high and the costs to keep treating the uninsured insurmountable in this day and age. A government controlling all the private banking, where the money goes and comes, who gets it, and who does not. A government with the Homeland Security arm-reach capable of taking anyone they deem a "threat" and locking them away for life. A government whom I heard wants to reenact the Fairness Doctrine to censor our media, what we see hear and read. I don't know anymore kandrathe, you tell me what type of country we're living in, because its sure looking less and less like a Democracy to me.

More to the point, I'm merely voicing my opinion on the few things I've seen and read about that make my mind go "humm", but I trust there are people in power who see the same things happening and won't let it get too far towards complete government control. I'm not trying to sound like an alarmist (Jester), just speaking my mind over the scenario my wife and I mentioned to one another months ago, one that I see slowly entering the realm of plausibility when before it was just, "hummm."