Fitzpatrick column: moral imagination of Gina M. Raimondo

         After reading Edward Fitzpatrick's column  " Will Raimondo's bus stall or reach the State House ? " ( Jan. 14 ) ,  I am left perplexed by the moral imagination of the Democratic General Treasurer, Gina M. Raimondo. She seems as clueless on social issues as any Republican Tea Party favorite. According to Fitzpatrick she called for using " social impact bonds " to fight problems like homelessness. The idea here is that" philanthropists and foundations " would actually profit from their generosity ?. The New Philanthropy suits the New Democrats - a long way from the Helping Hand of the New Deal. " We need social services that work ", Raimondo said. So the only solution to the social problems of capitalism is more capitalism ? Thank God there is at least one lucid socialist in the Senate, Senator Bernie Sanders  of Vermont. Perhaps he might consider running for president ?  Working people make this society work. There is nothing magical about our bloated plutocracy. Even that anti-socialist curmudgeon H.L. Mencken made fun of our plutocracy- all inferior to his preferred aristocracy of natural brains and talent.

           The Democratic Party is losing its progressive soul. In realty it has rejected even liberalism as a dirty word. Obama a Marxist- how ridiculous !