This writer forgot about welfare, food stamps, free meals at schools and hundreds of other programs.
On Oct 11, 11:10�pm, "M.A. Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We're all socialists nowby Paul Mulshine > October 11, 2008 1:43PM > I've noticed lately that a lot of people seem to have discovered that Barack > Obama is a socialist. > There's a lot of that going around. > Socialism, I mean. > The only politician that I know of on the national scene who is definitely > not a socialist is Texas congressman Ron Paul. And look where that got him. > During the presidential primary campaign Paul was treated as a laughingstock > by his fellow Republicans for such stances as his call for young people to be > permitted to opt out of Social Security. > Paul's having the last laugh these days. As you can see inthis clip, the > entire U.S. economy is now socialist thanks to the big corporate bailout, > says Dr. Paul. > And then there is the unpleasant fact that every senior citizen in America is > what my Aussie friends used to call "a dole bludger," someone who takes > welfare without working. > One such apparent dole bludgerheld forthat a recent McCain rally in > Wisconsin. The old codger worked himself up into a frenzy that even the > hot-tempered McCain might envy, screaming "I'm mad, I'm really mad!" and then > shouting, "And what's going to surprise ya, is it's not the economy, it's the > socialists taking over our country." > The old coot made it clear that the hated socialists are the Democrats. But > assuming he was over 65, which he certainly appeared to be, the guy is > receiving the benefit of at least two socialist programs. One, of course, is > Social Security. There's a reason they called it "social" security and not > Capitalist Security. It's a welfare program and the current codgers are > getting a free ride paid for by working Americans. True, they paid into it, > but anyone who lives a normal life span will get out a lot more than he or > she put in. > And then there's Medicare. The current crop of seniors paid a pittance into > it during their working years, but they now have the benefit of a system of > socialized medicine till the day they die. > Does this guy really want McCain to fight socialism in America? > Imagine McCain told this guy he was absolutely right and as of January > President McCain would end Social Security and Medicare and pay back to > senior citizens the amount they paid in, with interest. By February, this > geezer would be at a rally demanding to have his Medicare coverage restored. > The truth is, Americans love socialism. They'd better. This is a socialist > country. Here's an interestingarticlethat compares our government-funded > health care systems, primarily Medicare and Medicaid, with other countries: > "The average rich-country government spends 6.7 percent of GDP on health; > America's 6.8 percent is very slightly higher. The national health systems of > Canada and Britain cost about 6.9 percent of GDP, and that of Australia 6.4 > percent. Germany's government spends the most on health care at 8.9 percent > of GDP, followed by Norway, Sweden, France, and Denmark." > The big difference, of course, is that in most of those countries the > socialized system covers everyone, while our socialized system covers just > the poor and the elderly. Oh yeah, don't let me forget government workers. > They have a system of guaranteed benefits and early retirement that the > typical Brit or Swede would envy. > So our system is socialism. It's just an inept form of socialism. And it's > also an unsupportable form. The baby-boomer retirement was going to bankrupt > us even before the recent market meltdown. Now we could be on the verge of a > slide into Third-World status. I've been to countries where you need to carry > a backpack just for the bills needed to buy a beer. It's not a pretty sight. > The only way to prevent that would be to take the harsh medicine that Dr. > Paul offered us during the primary season. But not a lot of Americans want > that prescription, and I suspect the old crank in this video would be among > the last to down a dose of it. > NOTE: Michael Cannon of the Cato Institute just sent me a link tothis paperin > which he argues that Obama's plan is socialized medicine, as is Medicare. He > doesn't deal with McCain's plan, but it is slightly less socialist than > Obama's.http://blog.nj.com/njv_paul_mulshine/2008/10/were_all_socialists_now.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
