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Originally Posted by dyna mo
And, by the way, almost everything he proposed was called ??socialist.? Social Security, which transformed life for the elderly in this country was ??socialist.?
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I'm glad you used Social Security as an example of Socialist policy.
Social Security was doomed to fail from the get-go, but it worked at the time because the baby boomers saved our asses. There were more people paying into the system than collecting benefits. But now that the boomers are at the age where they're the ones collecting benefits, it's no longer sustainable. It used to be 100 paying into SS, and one person being paid benefits. Now it's 1 person paying, and 10,000 people collecting. It can't work. Just like Democratic Socialism (or any type of Socialism), it may "fix" things for a short while, but it's not sustainable and will eventually come crashing down.
Socialism is a quick fix that may look good to a select group, but as a political or financial system, it is proven not to work. Eventually the guy breaking his back making good money will realize he can have the same standard of living as the guy sitting at home doing jack shit. The next thing you know, a huge majority will be at home doing jack shit, and a minority will be responsible for the majority. Like Social Security, a Socialist-based program, it's unsustainable.