Krisen på den amerikanska bostadsfinansieringsmarknaden har fått amerikanerna att börja tala om behovet av socialism. Framförallt är det stödpaketen till Fannie May och Feddie Mac som får röster att höjas för ett samhälleligt inflytande i företagen. Alice Rivlin, före detta vice ordförande för den amerikanska centralbanken skriver i Politico:
”Just let us share in the gains and appoint a few members of their boards to think about how Fannie and Freddie can lean against the winds that inflate the next housing bubble. If that sounds like socialism, at least it is open and not deceitful socialism. No one can deny that our society has a collective interest in strong, stable housing markets.”
I en intervju med The Real News säger amerikanska LO:s (AFL-CIO) chefsekonom Ron Blackwell:
”In fact, they may end up—and I hope they do—nationalizing those industries. But the question is: what are they going to do beyond that to put a floor underneath the housing crisis to do something about the two million people that are going to lose their homes over the next 18 months if we don’t do something, to do something about the millions of workers that are losing their jobs every year. I think nationalization, which our government is loathe even now to do, I think they eventually will come to, because why would American taxpayers take on the obligations that are exposed right now in this institution without claiming the upside potential of those obligations? This is like socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor. We need to establish some balance here so that the public can claim this. If you’re calling in taxpayer support for this, then you’ve got to give the taxpayer some part of the benefit when this institution recovers.”
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