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Ridiculous! Why would anyone listen to him? “Heritage Foundation president and former Senator Jim DeMint suggested to a town hall audience in Wilmington, Delaware Thursday that health care programs like Medicare and Medicaid are “un-American” and built on the principles of “socialism and collectivism.”’
Like · · 17282 · August 30 at 7:00pm · Charles Brown They are built on principles of socialism and collectivism , but socialism and collectivism are as American as apple pie. The following are built on the same principles: pretty much all local government , including water and sewerage, garbage pickup, police and fire services, public health, public parks etc. Also socialist are public schools, Social Security, public roads and highways, the whole military. America has a long history of successful socialist institutions. Like · · Unfollow Post · Share · Promote Chris Benison and Janet Roe-Darden like this.
Janet Roe-Darden DeMint is an effing idiot, and I was appalled when he left politics to head the Heritage Foundation. Ye gods.... 14 minutes ago · Like
Janet Roe-Darden If you ever see a good politician out of SC, do let me know. So far, I'm pretty underwhelmed. No wonder the Civil War started down there. 13 minutes ago · Like
Geoffrey L. Garfield Yet he benefits from both. 10 minutes ago via mobile · Like · 1
Janet Roe-Darden (Snort) 'Course he does! 9 minutes ago · Like
Charles Brown However, he is correct that Medicaid and Meticare are based on socialist and collectivist principles. It is just that socialism and collectivism are good principles, and they are very American given all the socialist institutions that long have been basic to America. 7 minutes ago · Like · 1
Geoffrey L. Garfield No socialism for banks and Wall Street! 6 minutes ago via mobile · Like · 1
Janet Roe-Darden The average American doesn't really understand socialism, so they can ALWAYS use that as a talking point to scare folks. It's just a reframing of the "Red Peril." 5 minutes ago · Like
Janet Roe-Darden What sort of socialism is it when the big guns get it and the little guy doesn't? Isn't that more like National Socialism? 5 minutes ago · Like
Charles Brown I forgot, with the bailout of Wall Street, GM and Chrysler, they are all basically operating under socialist principles , too ( Well they aren't private enterprise ) 4 minutes ago · Like · 1
Janet Roe-Darden Charles. I don't believe that, you don't forget anything! (Smile) 4 minutes ago · Like
Charles Brown The little guys do get Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, water and sewerage, and all the services of local government. America has a lot more socialism than we have been allowed to realize. 3 minutes ago · Like
Janet Roe-Darden And people like DeMint would love to privatize all of those... 2 minutes ago · Like
Charles Brown Yes, it is time to re-educate the average American and let them know they live under a substantially socialist system. There is a new generation that has not been subject to anti-socialist lies since the end of the Soviet Union. Polls show a large percentage who favor socialism as they know it. We should teach that we already have a lot of socialism. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0zq-2cKENOc
America has a lot more successful socialism than Americans know.
The Post office system is a successful socialist enterprise. That's why the tea Republicans r trying to kill it, and privatize government as well. Privatization is capitalist stealing from successful socialist institutions within a mixed capitalist/c/socialist economy ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_economy)
. Much of local government , such as water and sewerage departments (!!; UNTIL FLINT MICHIGAN ever heard of anyone being poisoned by drinking water from the public water system ?) garbage pickup, fire departments, public lighting, EMS, public parks, are socialist institutions. Social Security, Medicare, unemployment compensation, workers compensation, Welfare, PUBLIC EDUCATION (!) are all successful socialist institutions in America.
Of course, the military is socialist. Computers were first built by the military. The space program is socialist; it took us to the moon. America has a mixed socialist/capitalist system.
In Detroit, the capitalists are trying to steal money from the socialist municipal government pension system , extraordinarily successful.
Britain , Canada and France have socialist health care systems.
Founding Father for Medical Freedom Written by Brenda Nero "Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution, the time will come when [white-man-made] medicine will organize into an undercover dictatorship...the Constitution of this republic should make special provisions for medical freedom as well as religious freedom. - Benjamin Rush, MD | Signer of the Declaration of Independence, 1776. · Reply · 22m
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Socialism is not the government stealing everything.
Socialism is not dictatorship.
Socialism is not people losing freedom.
Those ideas come from propaganda, not reality.
Socialism is very simple.
It is society working together so everyone can survive.
It means no one should die because they cannot afford healthcare.
It means no child should go hungry.
It means workers deserve fairness.
It means the basics of life should not depend on how wealthy someone is.
It is collective responsibility.
It is choosing each other instead of pretending everyone is alone.
Honestly, I think people are scared of the word socialism without realizing we already live in a mixed system. We have capitalism and we also have socialist programs that hold society together. Public schools, Social Security, Medicare, the post office, libraries, firefighters, public parks, and even the military are all socialist in nature.
Socialism is not a takeover. It is simply working together so the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable are not abandoned.
The real danger is pretending everyone is completely on their own.
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