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Most of the well developed countries are Socialist, or partially, such as the U.S. What are roads, bridges, police, fireman, Libraries, public schools, S.S. Medicare, Medicaid, sports Socialism, and the farm bill? What do you think all those entitlements are, that we pay into? That's right, "Socialism." The United Nations is right.
Where do you get the idea that all the things you stated are Socialism?
As you know, all those things are services we jointly agree that we need and pay for out of local, state and Federal taxes.
I contributed to my Social Security and Medicare for many decades, for most years, by far, I paid the maximum. How is that different from the health insurance I paid?
Please keep in mind that Socialist Bernie Sanders pointed to Venezuela as a great example for us.
Flashback: Bernie Sanders Praised Socialist Venezuela as Model for Ending Income Inequality
May 30, 2016
Five years ago, future Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders described Socialist-ruled Venezuela as a more suitable exemplar of the American dream than the United States.
In an essay lamenting what he described as the intractable income inequality of the American economy, Senator Sanders declared: “These days, the American dream is more apt to be realized in South America, in places such as Ecuador, Venezuela and Argentina, where incomes are actually more equal today than they are in the land of Horatio Alger.”
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Flashback: Bernie Sanders Praised Socialist Venezuela as Model for Ending Income Inequality