Quote:Um I can do that we absolutely are a soft socialist state. Education is socialized, our healthcare has been socialized, our police force, firefighters, military an emergency response all operate under an umbrella of socialism. Most housing loans are federally backed and distributed through socialistic channels. Then you have the out right welfare which is pure socialism at the state and federal levels. Department of transportation is another big one.


Honestly it's hard to find a sector of our economy that hasn't been socialized in some way.


Id argue it's the root of many of our problems but his point is true we are most definitely a socialist state to some extent.

Get out of my head!!!


The facts are the facts. Whether you want to admit it or not, we all have benefited from our socialistic society.


Are there problems? No doubt. But you have to first live with the facts.


Now there can be discussions on whether we should adjust our bureaucracies that run our social programs. But it is my opinion that the programs are not at the heart of the problem...


There is a place for capitalism and the so called free market. But I don't think our society would benefit from privatizing and deregulation all facets of our public lives.

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