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Generations of democrat politician's plans for security
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He thinks China's communist form of government is better then our capitalist form as he believes they don't have to rely on votes for from out side of government to implement policy. See how well that works for him and his ideology?
Again, from the twentieth century leaders of the communist states, ''To each according their need and From each according to their abelites'' In othe words, 'take from the productive and give to the unproductive'. No matter were it was instituted it failed, 10's of millions died as a result.
But wait, there's more from Winston Churchill, ''Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy. It's inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery''.
Little wonder the progressive socialist liberal democrats are embracing this socialist philosophy to institute this failure as a tool to gain the power for control. Where there is chaos and conflict there is profit. Once the civil society is no longer viable solution for prosperity, failing and in default, the democrats will take the levers of power and rule.
Socialism Has Already Hurt America
President Donald Trump was principled and politically astute to address, in his State of the Union, the horrors taking place now in Venezuela, and then to declare:
“Tonight we renew our resolve that America will never be a socialist country.”
Venezuela is indeed a poster child for what happens when a nation’s economic machinery falls under political control. Over the last five years, per The Wall Street Journal, Venezuela’s economy shrank by 35 percent and poverty tripled from 48 to 87 percent.
According to Gallup, 71 percent of Venezuelans say they can’t afford food, 47 percent say they can’t afford shelter, just 15 percent say they are satisfied with the availability of quality health care, and 35 percent say they are satisfied with their standard of living.
Thirty-six percent of Venezuelans—51 percent of those between 15 and 29—say they would leave the country permanently if they could. But if it is so clear that socialism is a formula for economic disaster, why does the idea still conjure up support?
In a Gallup poll of last year, 57 percent of Democrats, compared to 16 percent of Republicans, say they have a “positive view of socialism.”
Economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman says it’s semantics. Krugman mocks Trump, saying that “there is essentially no one in American political life who advocates such things” as government control of industry, as is the case in Venezuela.
When Democrats say “socialism,” says Krugman, they really mean “social democracy”—a market economy with a social safety net and use of the tax system as an equalizer. The issue really isn’t how we technically define socialism. The issue is really the extent to which we are free.
What difference is it really if a firm is privately owned, but the government has vast latitude to regulate what it does? Or if a private firm pays me but government taxes away a large chunk of what I earn?
Venezuela is, of course, the extreme case. Total collapse as result of political despots taking over everything. But socialism is not like good wine, which, in moderation, might not hurt and might even be beneficial.
Every step in which economic freedom is cut back bears costs.
We see what is happening now, as the U.S. economy surges back to life as a result of cutting back regulation and taxes. But our nation has not totally escaped the Venezuelan phenomenon.
America has entire communities in distress for the same reasons that Venezuela has fallen apart—political control over economic affairs. Life in our poor communities is in the grip of socialism, not capitalism. Government housing, government health care, government schools, government welfare programs.
There are 31 million people living in areas of high economic distress, now designated as “opportunity zones.” The average poverty rate in these zones is 28.7 percent. The average household income is 40 percent below the national average, and 36.5 percent of prime-age adults are not working. Fifty-six percent of these 31 million are nonwhite minorities.
The president’s new opportunity zone initiative, providing tax incentives to direct investment capital into these neighborhoods, aims to change realities with the same passion that the president spoke against socialism for the rest of the country in his State of the Union address. How do countries wind up going in the wrong direction?
British playwright George Bernard Shaw captured it when he said, “A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.”
Political demagogues tap into the frustrations of those who are struggling, or tap into the ambitions of those who long for power, and sell them Hollywood dreams—and lies—of a better life. Once they convince them to turn over power, the nightmare begins.
Life has no shortcuts. Freedom, hard work, and personal responsibility are the one and only path to prosperity.
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