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.