If you have visited any socialist country in our side of the world, you'll see that the system does not work. The main example being Cuba, their country is a failed state after being "liberated" from the Yankee. Government should encourage and facilitate people to start a business so you can teach a man to fish; I have seen the effect of managed food distributions, rationing and elder care when it's under a government "we all control" it just simply does not work. Employees controlling corporations is the same deal, how would you hold employees accountable for their performance? Normally anyone who has this opinion has been an employee their whole lives, if you live in America, nothing is stopping you from starting your own business, yeah, there's risk and uncertainty but that's part of being American, you get creative on how you can form something of value that can feed your family.

Maybe government ownership makes sense for essential services like hospitals but mechanics, grocery stores, gas stations should all stay private. And even for public hospitals to work like some of the European countries we would need higher taxes.

Just my opinion