Ranted about this a bit on Iban's server. It's late, I may say some incomplete things or things that make little sense.
I'm sick and loving tired of hearing about how evil socialism is. It's all Republicans bashing Democrats in an attempt to make them look like they hate America. The same loving tactic they use to make it sound like they hate the military too.
Fun Fact: Most Democratic Senators have voted for bills increasing military benefits. Many Republicans have opposed such bills. For example, The Post 9/11 Montgomery GI Bill. It basically grants free tuition to colleges for serving military personal and their families under certain conditions. People like McCain opposed the bill based on the fact that a study showed it would decrease current military enrollment, but that same study said recruitment would increase by the same percent.
Socialism is stability. Here are just a few major example of socialist acts preformed by the US government.
Federalism and the establishment of a standardized currency between the states.
Child labor laws.
Recognition of labor unions.
Theodore Roosevelt's progressive policies.
Agricultural subsidiaries
Anti-trust/monopoly laws
FDR's New Deal programs(Transfer payments, welfare, social security, etc.)
The recent $700 billion bail-out
Businesses cry about the "evils" of socialism whenever it hurts their bottom line, but as soon as the crCIA hit many of them went crying to daddy because they were in trouble. The bail out plan sure sounds like socialism to me, if we kept a true capitalistic mindset the government would have just let the banks fail. I believe socialism brings order when chaos starts to emerge. When businesses under a capitalist ideology grow very large, they can start asserting a government like control over the economy. When unfair trade practices emerge and many are hurt because of it, our government has consistently stepped in to regulate it.
The lovely Sarah Palin has been vocal on her opposition to socialism. Palin is the governor of the state that benefits the most from government transfer payments. Many of Alaska's industries rely on those payments to survive. She says socialism like that is OK though, it helps the state!
WTF BITCH
So socialism is evil when it doesn't benefit you in some way? Sounds like the same mindset the corporations have.
The Republicans have been labeling everything the Democrats support as evil socialism. Do they even understand what it really is? Or are they just using it as a scare tactic to fool the ignorant undecided voters to support their side? Disgusting.
I don't understand why so many people are bitching about people making over $250,000 getting taxed more. NEWS FLASH: You probably don't make that much. And the extra amount those people are charged is horribly misrepresented by Republicans.
Let's do simple math here. Let's say you're Company X and make $250,000 in revenue for the year. You are taxed at 36%. $250,000 x .36 = $90,000. Therefore, your income after taxes is $160,000.
Now, let's say you're Company Y and make $250,001 in revenue for the year. You are taxed at 36% for the first $250,000, and at 39% for anything above $250,000. $250,000 x .36 = $90,000. $1 x .39 = 39 cents. Therefore, your income after taxes is $160,000 and 61 cents.
What exactly is the problem here? I'm not understanding.
America isn't capitalist, and communist countries like China aren't true communists. We all have major socialist aspects to our societies. We need to stop half-assing it so we can actually get somewhere.
