Does Hugo Chavez sound like anyone we know?

President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday threatened to sanction private banks that fail to work with with his government as it moves toward a socialist economy.

Chavez says that banks are designed to intervene in the financial system and provide credit to people buying houses or producing food, rather than generating massive earnings for their owners.

"If private Venezuelan banks don't follow the path, comply with the constitution and the laws, they'll have to be sanctioned," Chavez said. "The only way this government and this socialist project will accept private banks is if they fulfill their duty to intermediate, and join the government to promote economic development."

The only way that we can save GM jobs is if the owners of General Motors realize that it is their duty to sacrafice their profits , to join Government Motors, to promote economic development for the United Auto Workers, for all unions, for our our dream of a total egalitarian country. Yes, we must all be equally miserable.