David Friedberg makes a great point about WHY socialism is rising in the US on @theallinpod
US GDP is $25T
Fed budget $7.2T + State and Local budget $4T = $11.2T
Gov spending now accounts for HALF of the GDP
Half of US jobs are also reliant on the government so they naturally vote for a larger government; as seen in the statistic below.
The US has reached a tipping point where the government itself is its own majority political party.