saveliberty
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Public education. Resulting in reduced standards and performance of students.
Public Assistance. Allowing family structure to deteriorate at an alarming rate.
Unemployment Insurance. What once was a short term safety net is now a life style.
Social Security. A system intended as a supplement has become most people's primary source. Also, it is mandatory which is wrong.
Healthcare. It has been set up to fail by the current adminstration. Next stop universal health care.
education is socialistic? i suppose we could be like saudi arabia and our children can be 'taught' in madrassas. education should not be privatized so that only the wealthy have access to it.
public assistance? that was largely reformed a long time ago and is a fairly small part of our our budget. and the largest segment of people on welfare are single white mothers. would you suggest they and their children starve to death?
The interesting thing about that is the same people who oppose helping single mothers also oppose sex education and abortion.
unemployment insurance? i really can't respond to that since i think cutting off people at the height of a bad job market is ill-considered and mean-spirited. I'm sorry you've bought into the extremists' assertion that people are choosing to live off of unemployment insurance.
health care? my arguments at the beginning of this thread outline my opinions on that issue.
ultimately, i'd rather not live in the type of society you describe. it sounds like a banana republic where i will need armed guards in front of my home.
The question you asked me was, "What aspects of our society do you believe are socialist?". I responded to your question with an answer. In addition, I added some of the consequences of those socialist institutions. You chose to twist that into some type attack. Whatever. Have a nice morning.