America Already Is A Socialist Country. For The Rich

[skews13]

“America will never be a socialist country,” Donald Trump declared in his State of the Union address. Someone should alert Trump that America is now a hotbed of socialism. But it is socialism for the rich. Everyone else is treated to harsh capitalism.

In the conservative mind, socialism means getting something for doing nothing. That pretty much describes the $21 billion saved by the nation’s largest banks last year thanks to Trump’s tax cuts, some of which went into massive bonuses for bank executives. On the other hand, more than 4,000 lower-level bank employees got a big dose of harsh capitalism. They lost their jobs.

Robert Reich: America Is a Socialist Country for the Rich

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

No. It's not. Saying so does not make it real.

 

[skews13]

No. It's not. Saying so does not make it real.

Actually, it's all of the evidence that it is makes it real.

 

[2aguy]

“America will never be a socialist country,” Donald Trump declared in his State of the Union address. Someone should alert Trump that America is now a hotbed of socialism. But it is socialism for the rich. Everyone else is treated to harsh capitalism.

In the conservative mind, socialism means getting something for doing nothing. That pretty much describes the $21 billion saved by the nation’s largest banks last year thanks to Trump’s tax cuts, some of which went into massive bonuses for bank executives. On the other hand, more than 4,000 lower-level bank employees got a big dose of harsh capitalism. They lost their jobs.

Robert Reich: America Is a Socialist Country for the Rich

The mistake? You don't understand that this is exactly how socialism works.....it creates a tiny, wealthy, all powerful elite.....and keeps everyone else trapped in poverty.....meanwhile, Capitalism allows anyone with skill, luck and determination to become wealthy and successful, and raises up everyone else in the process.....

 

[whitehall]

Yeah but anyone can become rich in a capitalist country like the United States of America. Nobody gets rich under socialism except the chosen fools who make the rules.

 

[Bleipriester]

Yeah but anyone can become rich in a capitalist country like the United States of America. Nobody gets rich under socialism except the chosen fools who make the rules.

How does it work?

 

[Bleipriester]

“America will never be a socialist country,” Donald Trump declared in his State of the Union address. Someone should alert Trump that America is now a hotbed of socialism. But it is socialism for the rich. Everyone else is treated to harsh capitalism.

In the conservative mind, socialism means getting something for doing nothing. That pretty much describes the $21 billion saved by the nation’s largest banks last year thanks to Trump’s tax cuts, some of which went into massive bonuses for bank executives. On the other hand, more than 4,000 lower-level bank employees got a big dose of harsh capitalism. They lost their jobs.

Robert Reich: America Is a Socialist Country for the Rich

The mistake? You don't understand that this is exactly how socialism works.....it creates a tiny, wealthy, all powerful elite.....and keeps everyone else trapped in poverty.....meanwhile, Capitalism allows anyone with skill, luck and determination to become wealthy and successful, and raises up everyone else in the process.....

Don´t forget all those poor counties. They´re capitalist.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

“America will never be a socialist country,” Donald Trump declared in his State of the Union address. Someone should alert Trump that America is now a hotbed of socialism. But it is socialism for the rich. Everyone else is treated to harsh capitalism.

In the conservative mind, socialism means getting something for doing nothing. That pretty much describes the $21 billion saved by the nation’s largest banks last year thanks to Trump’s tax cuts, some of which went into massive bonuses for bank executives. On the other hand, more than 4,000 lower-level bank employees got a big dose of harsh capitalism. They lost their jobs.

Robert Reich: America Is a Socialist Country for the Rich

Keeping the money you earned instead of being forced to giving it to the government is the exact opposite of socialism. WTF are you talking about?

 

[Bleipriester]

“America will never be a socialist country,” Donald Trump declared in his State of the Union address. Someone should alert Trump that America is now a hotbed of socialism. But it is socialism for the rich. Everyone else is treated to harsh capitalism.

In the conservative mind, socialism means getting something for doing nothing. That pretty much describes the $21 billion saved by the nation’s largest banks last year thanks to Trump’s tax cuts, some of which went into massive bonuses for bank executives. On the other hand, more than 4,000 lower-level bank employees got a big dose of harsh capitalism. They lost their jobs.

Robert Reich: America Is a Socialist Country for the Rich

Keeping the money you earned instead of being forced to giving it to the government is the exact opposite of socialism. WTF are you talking about?

What if workers want to keep their money too?

 

[Rustic]

“America will never be a socialist country,” Donald Trump declared in his State of the Union address. Someone should alert Trump that America is now a hotbed of socialism. But it is socialism for the rich. Everyone else is treated to harsh capitalism.

In the conservative mind, socialism means getting something for doing nothing. That pretty much describes the $21 billion saved by the nation’s largest banks last year thanks to Trump’s tax cuts, some of which went into massive bonuses for bank executives. On the other hand, more than 4,000 lower-level bank employees got a big dose of harsh capitalism. They lost their jobs.

Robert Reich: America Is a Socialist Country for the Rich

 

[Missouri_Mike]

“America will never be a socialist country,” Donald Trump declared in his State of the Union address. Someone should alert Trump that America is now a hotbed of socialism. But it is socialism for the rich. Everyone else is treated to harsh capitalism.

In the conservative mind, socialism means getting something for doing nothing. That pretty much describes the $21 billion saved by the nation’s largest banks last year thanks to Trump’s tax cuts, some of which went into massive bonuses for bank executives. On the other hand, more than 4,000 lower-level bank employees got a big dose of harsh capitalism. They lost their jobs.

Robert Reich: America Is a Socialist Country for the Rich

Keeping the money you earned instead of being forced to giving it to the government is the exact opposite of socialism. WTF are you talking about?

What if workers want to keep their money too?

Their tax rates were lowered too so they are.

 

[Oddball]

“America will never be a socialist country,” Donald Trump declared in his State of the Union address. Someone should alert Trump that America is now a hotbed of socialism. But it is socialism for the rich. Everyone else is treated to harsh capitalism.

In the conservative mind, socialism means getting something for doing nothing. That pretty much describes the $21 billion saved by the nation’s largest banks last year thanks to Trump’s tax cuts, some of which went into massive bonuses for bank executives. On the other hand, more than 4,000 lower-level bank employees got a big dose of harsh capitalism. They lost their jobs.

Robert Reich: America Is a Socialist Country for the Rich

Yeah, the rich corporate raiders and Wall Street banksters, for whom Reich has been carrying the water for decades.

Methinks Tiny Tim needs to get a whole lumber yard out of his eye.

Edit:...What an asshole!...Tax cuts aren't "welfare"!

 

[Lesh]

The OP is accurate. We ALL reap the benefits of our socialist/capitalist system.

Like everything else...the rich benefit more

 

[Lesh]

Yeah, the rich corporate raiders and Wall Street banksters, for whom Reich has been carrying the water for decades.

Bullshit. Reich has been ripping them new assholes for decades

 

[KissMy]

Taxpayers pay for all the emergency spending that rebuilds Rich's Mansions on the beach, subsidizes & bails out their businesses.

 

[dblack]

“America will never be a socialist country,” Donald Trump declared in his State of the Union address. Someone should alert Trump that America is now a hotbed of socialism. But it is socialism for the rich. Everyone else is treated to harsh capitalism.

In the conservative mind, socialism means getting something for doing nothing. That pretty much describes the $21 billion saved by the nation’s largest banks last year thanks to Trump’s tax cuts, some of which went into massive bonuses for bank executives. On the other hand, more than 4,000 lower-level bank employees got a big dose of harsh capitalism. They lost their jobs.

Robert Reich: America Is a Socialist Country for the Rich

We should definitely eliminate socialism for the rich.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

it creates a tiny, wealthy, all powerful elite

Hmm.