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2. I agree with T. Probably a democratic socialist.......

although a little more to the left of the scale of dem soc. A lot of democratic socialists would leave a lot more of the economy in the hands of the capitalists than your scenario would. As a practical matter, I think that this system will wind up being what is instituted (at least for a while) after a revolution in this country.

The problem with government control of most of the other items you mentioned is that you run the real danger of a parasitic bureaucracy taking control of those state run agencies. To head this off, you really need a strong system of worker control of the means of production at an individual factory floor level, along with representation for the people on the controlling boards of industries that pertain to needs of the overall general population. These boards would consist of elected representatives who are IMMEDIATELY recallable and only make a wage consisting of the average of the workers in those workplaces, IOW, even though they're on the controlling boards, some workers at that facility would actually make MORE than the board members. This would prevent people from wanting to be on the boards because of opportunistic and material reasons.

BTW, welcome to the Socialist Progressives group of Democratic Underground. And on a personal note, my daughter also has a BSN. Congrats on that. I know how hard she worked for it.