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Just as Obama had to fire the GM CEO, this country can only make it if the government dictates who runs the company, what the company sells, who the company hires, what the company will pay executives, employees and stock holders, and every other facet of company operations. The failure or capitalism has never been more evident than now, the success of government intervention in corporate affairs will make the corporations as employee friendly as the U.S. Post Office.

Economic facism already exists in the U.S. today (and more so in much or Europe), and is very successful I might add. President Obama looks to expand the government role in private companies to further along this brilliant concept that is the only means of survival for the U.S.

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Capitalism, socialism, communism. Old Ideas that don't fit the modern world the way they used to.

It's simply time for a new Ism.

Bottom line, Capitalism would be fine if humans weren't hard wired for greed.

All that needs doing is stiffer regulations, and yes caps on CEO pay.

If you want to make a Billion dollars, invent something the world can't do without.

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The biggest misunderstanding of Friedman and all the other econ heavyweights and why Obama whips all of them: Understanding that economics is 10% math and 90% psychology.