It's not that much of a stretch to say that the US is a planned economy, given a sufficient understanding of how those systems operate writ large. Unelected bur

It's not that much of a stretch to say that the US is a planned economy, given a sufficient understanding of how those systems operate writ large. Unelected bureaucrats would be a step up, elected officials two, from what we have, which is an unelected, private, distributed "death panel" for any economic decision the average person might want to make. Want to go to school, or start a business, or have housing, or buy enough food for the week? You're not beholden to your family, or your neighbors, or your community, but to some banker or credit bureau executive, and whoever they've delegated their powers to.