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Originally Posted by Guest
Why is it some continue to call social security and medicare "socialist programs" when they are not.
Most of us have paid into our social security and medicare accounts all of our working lives.
And now that we are getting our share back.....along with a whole bunch who have paid zero into the program.....some insist it is a socialist program......MAYBE for those who did not pay in. For the rest of us who did....we are making a withdrawal.
Nice try.....(AGAIN!)
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Obviously you have never looked into the definition of socialism. So let me do that for you.....
From the Webster dictionary
Simple Definition of socialism
: a way of organizing a society in which major industries are owned and controlled by the government rather than by individual people and companies
On both counts Social Security and Medicare met the test of this definition as the government took your money over the course of many years and "invested it" for you. But you have no control over that money, if you die before you reach retirement your heirs cannot collect the money you "invested" in the program. You cannot control the amount of money you can withdraw monthly as you would be able to do with an investment like a 401K.
I also give you a link to an address given by the great Republican God Ronald Reagan....
American Rhetoric: Ronald Reagan -- Radio Address on Socialized Medicine
I rest my case.....