Despite the historic evils of socialism, Democrats are
proposing an evolving agenda of Medicare for all, free college tuition, higher
taxes, guaranteed basic income, abortion on demand, Green energy and most
recently payment of reparations for the injustices of slavery past. I ask the
rank and file, the politician and the bureaucrat: Where's the injustices of
slavery. I ask the rank and file, the politician and the bureaucrat: Where's
the money coming from? Therein lies the problem. Do we rob Peter to pay Paul?
In other words, do we take something away from one person to pay another,
leaving the former at a disadvantage; expressed in a different way, discharging
one debt only to incur another. That's problematic is it not?
Even as we look at America’s own romance with socialism, we
can see little success. Has not our efforts in America's five-decade war on poverty, as well-intentioned as it may have been, has been a complete failure? After trillions of dollars in taxpayers’
expenditures on the War on Poverty, destitution not only persists, it has become
a flourishing line of work. What investors/stakeholders would allow a CEO to
disburse money without the expectation of attaining a profit? As the happening
now, frontline AOC, Tlaib, Omar, Pressley
type socialist/leftist wave makes its way to
the halls of Congress, I, like many Americans fear that we may return to the
doomed, if selfless, efforts of LBJ’s Great Society, when throwing taxpayers
money at social programs made us feel virtuous and with any luck guaranteed
election/re-election to Washington’s political Swamp. A wide-ranging shift in
thinking must occur. Success must be measured not by the amount of taxpayer’s
money thrown at poverty resolutions, but by the results.
In other words, how many people are escaping
poverty as a result of an initiated program. Today’s Democrats, like
Millennials have yet to differentiate equality and equity. Here lies the
Conundrum. The difference between equity and quality is quite clear, but those
who are not aware of the shades or nuances of the English language often fail
to distinguish the variance between these two words. The difference is not
great but is based upon the fact that not everyone has been created equally by
our creator and has requirements different from others. Are not some people born
with high IQ’s while other’s flounder at the lower end of the intelligence
scale? Are not some people tall while others are vertically challenged? Are not
some people overweight, while others maintain current height and weight
standards? Do you expect all of them to eat the same quantity and quality of
food? Therein rests the difference between equity and equality.
Is it not past time that we as conservatives begin to combat
utopian socialism, welfarism and neo-Marxism? We must target and oppose today’s
trendy left politicos who espouse radical collectivist political views.
Contrary to academia, history, both recent and past tell us that socialism is
not about justice, it's not about equality, it's not about lifting-up the poor
and downtrodden. It's about one thing only: Power for the ruling class. And,
the more power they get, the more they thirst for. They want to run health
care, run transportation and finance, run energy, education, run everything
including marriage and religion. They want the power to decide who wins and
who loses, who's up and who's down, what's true and what's untrue, and even who
lives and who dies. Today’s Democrats want to rewrite our nation’s history and eliminate
the parts they disagree with.
Is there a danger with propagating socialism? Is socialism
sensible? Does it even resonate with America’s working or middle class? Facts
are facts, this being so, socialism may sound reasonable, but it never works.
As often than not it comes with the promise of free healthcare, free education,
more and better jobs for all. Some advocates have the best of intents: to
reduce poverty by evening the playing field. But there are basically no
long-lasting instances of it working to lessen poverty. Contrary to those who
advocate socialism as a means to an end, it generally increases poverty to all
citizens in all walks of life but those whose hands wield the power. Data tells
us that Baby Boomers and Generation X (I, being one) are far more cynical of
socialism. Generations preceding Millennials have seen enough to recognize
socialism for what it is and where it eventually leads. Both Baby Boomers and
Generation X have experienced the benefits of Capitalism. Think about it. Has
capitalism not unlocked more doors of opportunity for society than it has
closed?
The
problem with millennials and Generation Z isn’t that they’re budding socialists or collectivists,
but that they’re idealistic enough to fall into the trap of believing people
like Bernie Sanders, AOC, Pocahontas...Essentially, young people have been duped
by the deluded of generations past, acceding to their ignorance.
