It's irrelevant what you, your friends, or the people on this board think. Including me.

It's what Obama, Pelosi, and the "Progressive Caucus" in Congress think, of which Waters and others are prime examples. The Republicans have been marginalized, and the leftists in Washington are now running the show.

Like Chavez they believe prosperity is about redistributing wealth to the lower classes, crushing the wealthy, and government control or ownership of the private sector.

If you want to see the financial industry collapse completely, just convince them that the government can change any contract, any deal, or any way of doing business at a moments' notice, and at the whim of people who know less about economics than a CroMagnon knew about atomic fission.

If you think I'm the only one who thought of Chavez when I referenced Maxine Waters, do a search.