- Occupy Healthcare 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<https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=630203120357731&id=100001041473643&comment_id=101022455&offset=0&total_comments=7¬if_t=feed_comment#>· · Unfollow Post<https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=630203120357731&id=100001041473643&comment_id=101022455&offset=0&total_comments=7¬if_t=feed_comment#>· Share<https://www.facebook.com/ajax/sharer/?s=22&appid=25554907596&p%5B0%5D=100001041473643&p%5B1%5D=630203120357731&profile_id=100001041473643&share_source_type=unknown>· Promote<https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=630203120357731&id=100001041473643&comment_id=101022455&offset=0&total_comments=7¬if_t=feed_comment#> - Chris Benison <https://www.facebook.com/chris.benison.7> and Janet Roe-Darden <https://www.facebook.com/janet.roedarden> like this. - <https://www.facebook.com/janet.roedarden> Janet Roe-Darden <https://www.facebook.com/janet.roedarden> DeMint is an effing idiot, and I was appalled when he left politics to head the Heritage Foundation. Ye gods.... 14 minutes ago<https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=630203120357731&id=100001041473643&comment_id=101022437&offset=0&total_comments=12>· Like<https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=630203120357731&id=100001041473643&comment_id=101022455&offset=0&total_comments=7¬if_t=feed_comment#> - <https://www.facebook.com/janet.roedarden> Janet Roe-Darden <https://www.facebook.com/janet.roedarden> 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<https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=630203120357731&id=100001041473643&comment_id=101022439&offset=0&total_comments=12>· Like<https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=630203120357731&id=100001041473643&comment_id=101022455&offset=0&total_comments=7¬if_t=feed_comment#> - <https://www.facebook.com/geoffrey.garfield> Geoffrey L. Garfield <https://www.facebook.com/geoffrey.garfield> Yet he benefits from both. 10 minutes ago<https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=630203120357731&id=100001041473643&comment_id=101022443&offset=0&total_comments=12>via mobile <https://www.facebook.com/mobile/> · Like<https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=630203120357731&id=100001041473643&comment_id=101022455&offset=0&total_comments=7¬if_t=feed_comment#>· 1 <https://www.facebook.com/browse/likes?id=630206463690730> - <https://www.facebook.com/janet.roedarden> Janet Roe-Darden <https://www.facebook.com/janet.roedarden> (Snort) 'Course he does! 9 minutes ago<https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=630203120357731&id=100001041473643&comment_id=101022446&offset=0&total_comments=12>· Like<https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=630203120357731&id=100001041473643&comment_id=101022455&offset=0&total_comments=7¬if_t=feed_comment#> - <https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001041473643> Charles Brown<https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001041473643> 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<https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=630203120357731&id=100001041473643&comment_id=101022450&offset=0&total_comments=12>· Like<https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=630203120357731&id=100001041473643&comment_id=101022455&offset=0&total_comments=7¬if_t=feed_comment#>· 1 <https://www.facebook.com/browse/likes?id=630207137023996> - <https://www.facebook.com/geoffrey.garfield> Geoffrey L. Garfield <https://www.facebook.com/geoffrey.garfield> No socialism for banks and Wall Street! 6 minutes ago<https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=630203120357731&id=100001041473643&comment_id=101022454&offset=0&total_comments=12>via mobile <https://www.facebook.com/mobile/> · Like<https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=630203120357731&id=100001041473643&comment_id=101022455&offset=0&total_comments=7¬if_t=feed_comment#>· 1 <https://www.facebook.com/browse/likes?id=630207750357268> - <https://www.facebook.com/janet.roedarden> Janet Roe-Darden <https://www.facebook.com/janet.roedarden> 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<https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=630203120357731&id=100001041473643&comment_id=101022455&offset=0&total_comments=12>· Like<https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=630203120357731&id=100001041473643&comment_id=101022455&offset=0&total_comments=7¬if_t=feed_comment#> - <https://www.facebook.com/janet.roedarden> Janet Roe-Darden <https://www.facebook.com/janet.roedarden> 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<https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=630203120357731&id=100001041473643&comment_id=101022456&offset=0&total_comments=12>· Like<https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=630203120357731&id=100001041473643&comment_id=101022455&offset=0&total_comments=7¬if_t=feed_comment#> - <https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001041473643> Charles Brown<https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001041473643> I forgot, with the bailout of Wall Street, GM and Chrysler, they are all basically operating under socialist principles , too 4 minutes ago<https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=630203120357731&id=100001041473643&comment_id=101022457&offset=0&total_comments=12>· Like<https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=630203120357731&id=100001041473643&comment_id=101022455&offset=0&total_comments=7¬if_t=feed_comment#>· 1 <https://www.facebook.com/browse/likes?id=630208150357228> - <https://www.facebook.com/janet.roedarden> Janet Roe-Darden <https://www.facebook.com/janet.roedarden> Charles. I don't believe that, you don't forget anything! (Smile) 4 minutes ago<https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=630203120357731&id=100001041473643&comment_id=101022459&offset=0&total_comments=12>· Like<https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=630203120357731&id=100001041473643&comment_id=101022455&offset=0&total_comments=7¬if_t=feed_comment#> - <https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001041473643> Charles Brown<https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001041473643> 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<https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=630203120357731&id=100001041473643&comment_id=101022462&offset=0&total_comments=12>· Like<https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=630203120357731&id=100001041473643&comment_id=101022455&offset=0&total_comments=7¬if_t=feed_comment#> - <https://www.facebook.com/janet.roedarden> Janet Roe-Darden <https://www.facebook.com/janet.roedarden> And people like DeMint would love to privatize all of those... 2 minutes ago<https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=630203120357731&id=100001041473643&comment_id=101022463&offset=0&total_comments=12>· Like<https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=630203120357731&id=100001041473643&comment_id=101022455&offset=0&total_comments=7¬if_t=feed_comment#> - <https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001041473643> Charles Brown<https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001041473643> 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. _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
