You don't even understand what socialism is. Socialism has always been a part of the economic and government framework of this country.
Yes...and if small and controlled, it does little harm. However, if you bothered to study the history of socialism, you would have to conclude that once it takes total control, death and mayhem result.
This pretty much describes Socialism and should we required learning for all Americans....
by Ludwig von Mises:
“A man who chooses between drinking a glass of milk and a glass of a solution of potassium cyanide does not choose between two beverages; he chooses between life and death. A society that chooses between capitalism and socialism does not choose between two social systems; it chooses between social cooperation and the disintegration of society. Socialism is not an alternative to capitalism; it is an alternative to any system under which men can live as human beings.”