The article, by Harold Meyerson of the Washington Post, speaks on the idea that some believe the country is headed down a socialist, heavily regulated form of economy. This move is a change from the capitalist driven form of economy we know of today. America's calling card as a nation is " a nation where anything is possible ", or " the land of milk and honey " a country that loves (and dies) for its independence and the right to earn a honest dollar without big government sticking in its nose to oversee things. The author of the article is shedding some light that the time maybe right for big brother to give us some guidance through this global crisis and maybe we wouldn't have to go through these peaks and valleys with our economy tanking every so often. He injects the article with facts that, if we are such a mighty nation, why are 50 million of our citizens not covered with health care and why our nations infants rank 41st best on surviving, numbers that are totally unacceptable for a country that flaunts its excess.
Meyerson article is written for everyone. He is challenging those who believe that we are headed down a road where the government will be heavy handed in all aspects of life. He is an advocate of the recovery plan because he sees it as a way to jump start the economy once more and hopefully, with government guidance, build it to where we won't experience these periods of joblessness and financial distress. The fall of the global market can be put on ourselves and an insistence of some for government to stay out of their greedy money grab.
