From the Mouths of... Rockers?

A refreshingly grounded view from KISS er, singer Gene Simmons (sfgate):

The mess is our fault – corporations have no responsibility. Capitalism is the best thing that ever happened to human beings. The welfare state sounds wonderful but it doesn’t work. Governments hand out more money than they have to support welfare and they land in debt. Then they have to borrow money… that’s bad business. 

“When I was growing up, my mother went to work. There was no welfare. If you worked, you made money. If you didn’t work, you had to figure it out – you’d go and wash dishes.”