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From "It smacks of Socialism.": https://www.democraticunderground.com/10027269941
"ALL forms of socialism are BAD! EVIL!" chant the uninformed.
My response; "WHY do you hate our troops??! WHY don't you support our troops??!"
US Military. Tax-payer funded, for the defense of ALL Americans? Guess what definition that falls under.
To paraphrase DailyKOS;
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/29/1078852/-75-Ways-Socialism-Has-Improved-America#
Ever played in a public park? Camped in a national forest? Got garbage collection? Went to school? Got the right to vote? Ever made use of police, or fire services or ambulance? Collect social security?
Got a US Military? Highways? Roads? Postal system? Student loans, bridges. public landfills?
CIA? FBI? Polio vaccines? Museums? Jails? Veteran's Healthcare? Food stamps? Sewer systems? Elected government officials? Courts? GI Bill?
Unemployment insurance? Buses? Street lighting? Government scholarships? Bursaries?
Secret Service? Peace Corps? National Weather Service? Law?
The WhiteHouse? Government?
Those -and many more- are all socialist-democracy, and many were original to the United States of America, starting with the great American Revolution patriot, Thomas Paine.
Socialist Democracy: a country that uses both capitalist and socialist practices.
As every industrialized 1st-world nation does.
So guess what, America...
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10027069708
My response; "WHY do you hate our troops??! WHY don't you support our troops??!"
US Military. Tax-payer funded, for the defense of ALL Americans? Guess what definition that falls under.
To paraphrase DailyKOS;
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/29/1078852/-75-Ways-Socialism-Has-Improved-America#
Ever played in a public park? Camped in a national forest? Got garbage collection? Went to school? Got the right to vote? Ever made use of police, or fire services or ambulance? Collect social security?
Got a US Military? Highways? Roads? Postal system? Student loans, bridges. public landfills?
CIA? FBI? Polio vaccines? Museums? Jails? Veteran's Healthcare? Food stamps? Sewer systems? Elected government officials? Courts? GI Bill?
Unemployment insurance? Buses? Street lighting? Government scholarships? Bursaries?
Secret Service? Peace Corps? National Weather Service? Law?
The WhiteHouse? Government?
Those -and many more- are all socialist-democracy, and many were original to the United States of America, starting with the great American Revolution patriot, Thomas Paine.
Socialist Democracy: a country that uses both capitalist and socialist practices.
As every industrialized 1st-world nation does.
So guess what, America...
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10027069708
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