If even a tiny fraction of this lunacy gets enacted, the Republic is going to be a very different place than we have known. The system that provided freedom and wealth creation unknown in the history of man will be crushed out of existence. The totalitarians are on the march.
Our kids and grandkids are going to be paying a dear price for decades of leftist indoctrination in our public schools and universities. The "long march through the institutions" has been very successful and we were somehow powerless to stop it.
I am not afraid of socialism. I am scared to death of socialists. They are mean vindictive, violent, nasty, acquisitive, thieving, intolerant, tyrannical, low life, ignorant, narcissistic, egomaniacal, lazy filth and vermin. In other words, they are sociapathic and most of them are budding psychopaths.
Americans have to choose between Democrats and civilization. You can’t have both. Wherever Democrats rule filth persists.
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Red Riding Hood says “Oh Granny, what big ears you’ve got!” and the wolf replies “All the better to hear you with, my dear!” Red Riding Hood says “Oh Granny, what big teeth you’ve got!” and the wolf replies “All the better to eat you with, my dear!”
Within 6 months, we’d be Venezuela. Only not so nice.
Afraid of it? Majority of Citizens LOVE ‘em some Socialism (good gaggle of ‘em even here, on FR): public schools, Dept Of XYZ, FDA\FAA\FCC\DEA....down to zoning laws and requiring ‘permission’ via govt to even work upon your own property (new roof, build a deck). HELL, start\run a BIZ.
Shorter list would be where Freedom & Liberty *STILL* reign
Leftists
Always
Lie.
It’s the only way they can sell their nightmares.
Let’s say I am eligible for S.S in a year but I have a heart attack. A costly bypass surgery will save my life and I would be likely live another 25 years thus collecting 1/2 mill $’s in S.S.. Without the bypass I will die within weeks. Which option will be best for the Federal budget?
We are just one election away from loosing the idea of America and self governance. If one of these ding-bat Democrats get elected, I don’t see how it can be reversed. Obama alone created so much damage and introduced so much vitriol into society, I don’t think it can be undone.
The dems want communism. Most of the public is so stupid it falls for nice labels like “green new deal,” and allows itself to sucked into voting for communism.
America has already embraced socialism as evidenced by the following socialist programs:
Head Start
Social Security Benefits
Social Security Disability
Social Security Retirement and Survivors Benefits
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Medicaid
Medicare
Welfare (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or T.A.N.F.)
G.I. Bill
Veterans' benefits
Pell Grants
Unemployment Insurance
Food Stamps
Government Subsidized Housing
Home Mortgage Interest Deduction
Hope and Lifetime Learning Tax Credits
Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit
529 accounts (qualified tuition programs) or Coverdell education savings account (Education I.R.A.'s)
Earned-income tax credit
Employer subsidized health insurance
Employer subsidized retirement benefits
Federal student loans
I’d be willing to consider it if government showed any ability to do something that is obviously within it’s realm of responsibility, like ENFORCE THE BORDER AND DEPORT ILLEGALS. The uncomfortable reality is that somewhat socialist systems can function as long as the element of diversity isn’t there. Socialism or diversity, liberals, please choose. You can’t have both. Better you didn’t have either.
Republic? Where?
Article V, Section 4
:: a federally administered single-payer health-care program. Government would decide what care to deliver, which drugs to pay for, and how much to pay doctors and hospitals. Private insurance would be banned.
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• Green New Deal. all of this would be planned by a Select Committee For a Green New Deal.
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• guaranteed government job. ..a government job for everyone “to counter the effects of reduced bargaining power, technical change, globalization,”
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• new system for corporate control. Employees would elect 40% of directors...radical redesign of corporate governance would give politicians and their interest groups new influence over private business decisions and assets.
The Rats are pushing for socialism for only one reason: To destroy the country. We are $21 trillion in debt and they want to launch a financial nuke: Free healthcare for all including illegals which is like saying free healthcare for the entire world, just sneak in. They damn well know the country would go bust.
"Oh, but this time it'll be different!" No, it will not. Socialism is just one of those ideas that sounds good, but fails utterly, completely, predictably, and consistently. It has not worked and it never will. Inevitably socialism degenerates into ever more oppressive policies. You end up needing draconian fascist tactics to force productive people to support the unproductive ones. There are always unproductive, lazy people gaming the system. The system is fundamentally flawed. It can't be tweaked, it can't be fixed. Socialism sucks, it is an "epic fail."
Anyone and everyone I hear advocating for leftist socialist policies I figure has some mix of a couple of very unattractive qualities. If you advocate for socialist policies you must be mean and hate people. By mean I mean just nasty: you're the kind of person that loves to spread misery, kick cats, leave dogs outside in heat/cold, take candy from babies (literally), kill the unborn. You think people like Pol Pot, Che, Hitler, Stalin, just didn't quite get it right. That kind of ugly person. Well, that, and/or you are just breathtakingly ignorant of the facts and so stupid, genuinely stupid and incapable of learning, that you don't know those are the kind of people you're following.
If you tell me you're a socialist, I hate you. You are a danger to the rest of us. I literally would not spit on the sidewalk to save your life - the world would be a better place without you.
Since going on Medicare 7 years ago, I have had two important medical incidents - a detached retina, and prostate cancer.
The detached retina had to be reattached by a highly skilled specialist - one with many years of education and training beyond becoming an MD. She had a laboratory full of VERY expensive optical and electronic equipment. Her bill for the procedure was well over $3,000. Medicare paid less than $150 for "Payment in full".
To find my prostate cancer, a "Fusion Biopsy" was required. This uses an MRI image fed into special prostate ultrasound equipment to match the ultrasound image with the MRI image, and take the biopsy in the proper regions. Again, expensive equipment and trained specialists are required. The bill was over $3,500, and Medicare paid less than $200.
As per US law, the Medicare payment is "payment in full".
For this 'free' insurance, I still must add an additional $4,000 per year, for sundry additional insurance such ad drugs, hospitalization, and Medicare Part B. Keep in mind, that I also paid an additional significant percentage of my income for the last 54 years of working for the 'free' part.
In addition, my wellness doctor for 35 years has had a "full schedule" for the dozen, or so, times I have tried to schedule my annual exam for the last four years. He's been "too busy" to keep me well. I honestly can't blame him. In the past, he has been paid as much as $7,000 for an annual visit. Medicare now pays him $85.
Doctors and hospitals, obviously, must make up for the difference between what Medicare pays and the actual costs, by charging others more than that. Medicare for All would eliminate this option. The end result will be Soviet style lines for hangnails as well as car crashes, and doctors who must moonlight as street vendors in order to feed their families.
I’m afraid we’re going to do all of the above once enough of us FReepers assume room temperature to reach the tipping point.
Socialism: You can get it with your vote; but you must use a gun to get ride of it. Any questions?