So...I'm sure he will nobly turn down Social Security and Medicare since they are socialism.
I've never understood this comment from left-wingers.
If you give me money to live on.... why would I not take it? Sure you paying for my life, will eventually cause you to go bankrupt, but until that happens, I'll take every dollar you give me. That's your fault for offering to pay for my life. Has nothing to do with me. I'm simply accepting the money you are willing to give out.
Again, Venezuela... they did all this, and the result was the country imploded, and people are eating their pet dog and cat to survive a little longer.
Millions of people already left the country almost a decade ago. Them leaving... and not taking the socialist hand outs, didn't change the fact that socialism eventually fails. So whether we take every dollar from Social Security and Medicare until they go broke, or we don't... doesn't change that both will go broke. So there is no reason we shouldn't take whatever we can get, until the system fails.
It's going to fail no matter what we do, because socials has always failed, is failing, and will fail in the future.
I'll take every dollar you are willing to give me, until you are impoverished like those in France.
"socialism eventually fails"
sigh.....
the happiest countries in the world are SOCIAL democracies;
Norway, Finland, Denmark,
In fact....here are the top 20 (note the US position)
1Finland 7.769 1.340 1.587 0.986 0.596 0.153 0.393
2Denmark 7.600 1.383 1.573 0.996 0.592 0.252 0.410
3Norway 7.554 1.488 1.582 1.028 0.603 0.271 0.341
4Iceland 7.494 1.380 1.624 1.026 0.591 0.354 0.118
5Netherlands 7.488 1.396 1.522 0.999 0.557 0.322 0.298
6Switzerland 7.480 1.452 1.526 1.052 0.572 0.263 0.343
7Sweden 7.343 1.387 1.487 1.009 0.574 0.267 0.373
8New Zealand 7.307 1.303 1.557 1.026 0.585 0.330 0.380
9Canada 7.278 1.365 1.505 1.039 0.584 0.285 0.308
10Austria 7.246 1.376 1.475 1.016 0.532 0.244 0.226
11Australia 7.228 1.372 1.548 1.036 0.557 0.332 0.290
12Costa Rica 7.167 1.034 1.441 0.963 0.558 0.144 0.093
13Israel 7.139 1.276 1.455 1.029 0.371 0.261 0.082
14Luxembourg 7.090 1.609 1.479 1.012 0.526 0.194 0.316
15United Kingdom 7.054 1.333 1.538 0.996 0.450 0.348 0.278
16Ireland 7.021 1.499 1.553 0.999 0.516 0.298 0.310
17Germany 6.985 1.373 1.454 0.987 0.495 0.261 0.265
18Belgium 6.923 1.356 1.504 0.986 0.473 0.160 0.210
19United States 6.892 1.433 1.457 0.874 0.454 0.280 0.128
20Czech Republic
YOU keep FORCING US to discuss Venezuala and Cuba....
but we don't want to be like those countries....
we don't want COMMUNIST socialism
We want everything we have NOW that YOU DO NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT (police, military, fire dept , roads, social security)
plus we'd like AFFORDABLE (not FREE not FREE not FREE NOT FKN FREE) AFFORDABLE Healthcare and Education.
like Norway
and Finland
NOT like Venezuela
Why can't you understand that?
what the fuk is wrong with you that you can't talk about Norway or Finland but MUST ONLY DISCUSS the evils of Venezuela?
Why do you keep claiming that those countries are socialist, when even those country deny they are socialist?
Why do your fellow travellers and the OP keep claiming that Bernie Sanders is a "socialist" when he self-describes as a Democratic Socialist?
See how that works?
Having it both ways: Priceless.
Because there is zero difference between the two.
You are asking "Why are you calling bright red, red?" Um... because putting it near a light, doesn't change the color. Red, is red, whether it is bright, dark, neon, or any other flavor of red.
Socialism, is still socialism, whether the person implementing it was given authority by vote, or by birth.
See how that works?
Failing to realize the flaw of your own argument: Priceless.
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