Why not vote for Bernie Sanders, he’s the man
with the plan. The socialist (and to a lesser extent, Hillary), who
promises more entitlement, free education, expansive socialized (at-no-cost)
medical care, redistribution of your wealth, higher taxes and the all invasive
bigger government. Now let me clue those who support collectivism with some
gratis tutelage.
In a time where consumers have almost
unlimited choices of music, movies, websites and every product you can imagine
in the supermarket, socialism is an outdated economic system that no longer
fits with the world we live in. Socialism requires the intervention and control
of the marketplace by an overwhelmingly powerful centralized government. It
penalizes high achievers, rewards laziness and stifles choice.
Socialism is a government regulation that
stops you from creating a successful business. It’s the Bureau of Land
Management or the EPA making arbitrary decisions about what you can do with
your own land. It’s the IRS taking the money you busted your butt to earn and
giving it to people who didn’t work as hard as you did.
Almost every socialist policy requires taking
resources from someone who’s earned them and giving them to someone who hasn’t.
Even programs that are supposed to be self-funding rarely are because the
nectar is never quite worth the squeeze. The real reason we’re so deeply in
debt is because if the middle class was forced to choose between paying for
what our government is spending or dramatically cutting back, our government
would already be much smaller than it is – and no wonder.
What does our government do well anymore? Do
you trust the IRS? FEMA? Are our borders secure? How does the customer service
of the post office or DMV compare to, let’s say USAA, Apple or Amazon? Who wants
to live in government housing? Who wants a minimum wage job? Who wants to
answer to bureaucrats, jump through their hoops and do as he’s told by people
who see him as a nameless, faceless slob dependent upon them for his
livelihood?
This is what socialism offers. Socialism will take something
from someone else who earned it and give it to you and in return, you will do
what socialists want you to do. If you’re irresponsible, lazy, have a habit of
making poor decisions or just need a master, this can seem like a good deal.
You can work a menial job and get paid more than you are worth! You can go to
college and you don’t have to pay for it! Someone else will give you a place to
live, food stamps, welfare and health care! In return, you just have to give up
on your pride, your dreams and control of your own life.
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