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Originally Posted by Guest
What socialist country in Europe believes in the nationalization of industry? I think that is communism, where the government controls levels of production both in industry, and farming.
How many states passed laws legalizing gay marriage? Wasn't something like 30+? Didn't the Supreme Court make it the law of the land recently? The gay rights issue wasn't an attack on the church.
The Republicans always try to make Socialism, a swear word. I haven't seen them anywhere go into great detail, what socialism is, and why it is so bad. I will be honest. I haven't looked that hard to find out why either. I don't care what tag you put on any government program. If it helps the country, it is a good program.
If SOCIAL Security isn't a socialist program, what the hell is it? Isn't Socialism programs that help the many? That is why Medicare For All would be a socialist program.
My guess when Republicans throw Socialism out there, they want the uneducated god fearing people to confuse it with Communism. It is a scare tactic.
Concerning the list maker, get a grip. You are way off base.
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1. Social Security is something I paid into for many years and is not even close to socialism.
2. I find it interesting that you admit
"I will be honest. I haven't looked that hard to find out why either." [B]YET, you badmouth an entire political party who just might KNOW what it is and are opposed
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The Pros of Socialism
Social Equality - When it comes to social equality, public education is considered as one of the best examples to easily equalize the education for people.
Economic Equality - In the field of economic equality, public housing, social security, food stamps and minimum wage are considered as the excellent ways to easily reduce poverty.
Medical Equality - It is a fact that everyone must need to get healthcare even those unemployed individual has the right to receive healthcare services. Those persons who can’t pay their medical needs must also receive healthcare services.
Political Equality - When it comes to political equality, socialism has the ability to increase the rights of the workers and allow two political parties.
The Cons of Socialism
Higher Cost - Basically, socialism has higher cost than other government forms therefore taxes are high in some of the socialistic countries. Most of the socialistic countries have higher debt for every citizen.
Less Entrepreneurship - When taxes are high, most of the entrepreneurs will find a hard time and difficulty to start up their new business. If a certain company encounters economic trouble, the usual thing that they will do is to lay off most of their employees just to save their company as well as the jobs of their respective employees.
Big Government - If there are more taxes, it simply means it has a big government. Most of the big governments usually tend to have less innovation and stagnation and this is one of the reasons why small companies can easily adapt this kind of circumstances.
Communism - It is true that communism is a big part of socialism however, communism does not completely work and the usual outcome of this is socialism doesn’t have the ability to imply communism.
Inequalities - According to researches, it is quite impossible to easily eliminate inequalities through socialism since socialism does not completely work it only attempts to eliminate inequalities.
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