Why Not Socialism?: The Right’s red-baiting has been far too effective

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166. Why Not Indeed

Democratic Socialism. An even playing field. The access to upward mobility for all people. A nation where no person risks bankruptcy because she/he had the misfortune of having cancer or being in a bad accident. A nation where no ceo or ruling board of a health insurance company can siphon off tens of million from premiums - for what? For profit health care makes no sense, we just need bookkeepers, like it used to be.

Everyone thinks they are going to be the one who amasses 800 million. Without a silver spoon leg up the odds are ridiculously high.

All capitalism wouldn't go away, we had lots of it in the 50's with republican Dwight Eisenhower - who governed with a top rate of 91 or 92 % each year he was in.

My view is that taxes should be a little higher for most people and progressively higher for the wealthy. Education through grad school should be provided for very little or nothing, the same with health care - a level field.

Can you imagine the health benefits emanating for the reduced stress on the middle and lower classes?

The right played the long game to get the discussion slanted their way, all laid out in Lewis Powell's long strategy memo of 1973. It worked, we need to change it back.