Honestly I get tired of conservatives who complain about the quality of our roads, schools, etc and then you suggest something like “Well we may need more taxes” to pay for this and they go berserk. They say you can’t solve a problem by throwing money at it and yeah that’s actually true but the opposite is true too, you create problems by totally ignoring a problem. If I don’t improve my house(country’s) foundation, it’s going to go to shit. I firmly believe a nation that invests in its people is a successful nation-state. Do we need socialism? I don’t think so but we sure as hell don’t need conservative interpretations of capitalism either which actually embolden socialists. The only real difference between a diehard socialist and diehard capitalist is the former believes capitalism exploits people and is terrified by that, the latter believes that too and is okay with it cuz the MARKET!