Maxine Waters' remedy – to nationalize the oil companies and, by inference, any other business she thinks the government can run better than the owners – is a sure-fire formula for the destruction of the U.S. economy and of the nation.

A better remedy is to read and comply with the dictates of the Constitution. In fact, every member of Congressman and every candidate should read the Constitution. Even better, every voter should read the Constitution before voting in November, and then be sure to vote for only those candidates whose platform reflects the principles enshrined there.

Zeldon Nelson came up with this idea, and he is doing everything he can to get voters to read the Constitution. His organization provides a pocket-size Constitution nearly at cost to schools, to the military, to judges, to candidates and to individuals, to encourage people to read or reread the Constitution. Nelson's group is now working on distributing their second million copies.

Unless the elected representatives at every level of government get a grip on the principles of freedom the Constitution holds, the United States of America will continue to descend into the collectivist, dictatorial regime that Maxine Waters threatened. It may already be too late. A generation or more of people have been taught to expect the government to take control and solve whatever problems may come along. This is the mentality that drives the likes of Maxine Waters and Hugo Chavez.