Tag: democratic socialism

Socialist Sanders Medicare for All

Does everyone in America have mass amnesia? In last night’s Democratic debate there was a brief exchange between Butigiege and Sanders, both of which are competing for virtually the same proposals of Medicare for all. In the exchange, Mayor Pete asked Bernie about how increasing taxes would hurt average Americans in order to pay for his Medicare for all. Bernie replied that the people would pay more taxes, but would save money because they wouldn’t have the insurance bills to pay. He was implying that the tax bill would be lower than the insurance premiums. First of all, this is the same rhetoric that President Obama tried to get us to swallow just eight years ago. 

My response to last night’s insanity proposal is the same now as it was then; What about the millions of people aged between eighteen and thirty-five that don’t have, need, or even want health insurance? What will offset their tax bill? These folks don’t pay insurance premiums to begin with, and the ones that do were paying far lower premiums before Obamacare was implemented. It’s the same old same old, Socialist model that Obama shoved down everyone’s throat. Give everyone who doesn’t work anyhow, expensive government run health insurance, while kneeling on the backs of those who work, are forced by law to pay for it, and don’t want, or need it. Of course the small minority of uninsured people who want insurance, but can’t afford it, love the idea!

Other aspects of the debate included Joe Biden counting out loud, how many ways that taxes can be raised on everything from capital gains, corporate income and higher tax brackets, all of which to be used to bring back, and expand Obamacare. Bernie Sanders also used the term “Democratic Socialist” a few times. This term originated in the nineteen thirties as a profanity by Adolf Hitler to deter the opposing Socialist Party from rejecting his Nationalist Socialist agenda. There is no such thing as Democratic Socialism! The two terms are totally contradictory in their meaning. Bernie’s other offensive remark was that we have a lot of Socialist programs now, so what’s the big deal. 

Elizabeth Warren basically was saying the same thing as Sanders, just with a little Joe Biden and bleeding heart slant on the justifications for the raising of everyone’s taxes. Klobuchar and Bloomberg, just as they were positioned physically on the stage, served as bookends or backstops for the shots being lobbed at them from the other candidates. Bloomberg taking the brunt of which, however, and rightfully so, given the baggage he carries with him.

Town Hall with Andrew Yang

I watched a very short part of Andrew Yang’s town hall in New Hampshire on December 30, 2019 and couldn’t believe that these New Hampshire residents are dumb enough to swallow what he was dishing out. These people need to do a little research about how the insurance industry works. Yang was trying to convince these knuckleheads that a government insurer would lower costs, and drive out the private industry slowly as to not cause the inevitable chaos that would occur with “Medicare for all”.

Let me explain in layman’s terms. It is the taxpayers that fund all government insurance. These government health insurance policies have no restrictions on the financial resources required to fund them, therefore, they can bill the taxpayer whatever they need to pay out any given claim. For example: If a wheelchair is sold by the manufacturer for $500.00 it becomes irrelevant because the government has to figure in the administration costs, and can bill for five times the amount, because they answer only to themselves. The private insurance corporations have to show accountability to its shareholders, to the accounting office, and to the customer. These private insurers, however, through their underwriters, compares what the government is charging, and some other risk factors, for a given policy and what  its policy liability payouts are for its standards. It is these general comparisons that are driving up the insurance policy rates and the liability payouts of any given claim. “If the government can charge $2500 for the wheelchair, then we should be able to charge $2000” say the private insurers, and this way, they fulfill their obligations of accountability to the government, the shareholders, and the customers and no one can scrutinize the costs.

It is a fact that on its current trajectory, Medicare will soon become insolvent. How will adding 150,000,000 people to the system lower the cost? These Democrat socialists have completely lost their minds, all sense of reason, and anyone that buys into their insane ideas has also lost it!

Democratic Socialism Does Not Exist

Since The Democratic Party was formed around 1840 they have been coming up with creative ways to spend taxpayer dollars. Socialism in its very nature can only function through some kind of financial leverage on the people and businesses whom it governs. So when I hear people like Bernie Sanders use the term “Democratic Socialist” I get shivers down my spine. I haven’t heard him or anyone else actually give a descriptive definition of the term, but I think it’s a polite way of saying “give me all your money, and I will spend it for you”.

Under Socialist rule, there is no cap on taxation. That is determined  by the needs of those in power. The words “Democratic Socialist” may sound sexy to the ignorant, but the two terms are contradictory in essence.

The word ‘Democratic’ indicates that the people have a voice in how they are governed. ‘Socialist’ is a term for a government that gives all authority and power to the government.

The promise of ‘free’ government services for anything, whether it’s college, or health care, a wage guarantee, or even  energy for that matter is an illusion that can only be attained by forcefully taking the funds from the productive aspects of society, or borrowing from others, to fund itself.

Under a socialist government, the government ends up being in control of goods and services. Look at what a mess the Veterans Administration is for our bravest heroes. Until President Trump allowed our Veterans to see any doctor they wanted, they were restricted by the government to see only certain doctors. This is socialism: Not choice, not control, and not ‘FREE”.

 


The Wrong ‘Green’ Deal

There is nothing green about any deal that requires the federal government to manage it. Or should I say mismanage it. There is a solution to a lot of the energy concerns, but the problem is that lobbyists and the Democratic ideal keep getting in the way.

The past decade or so, there has been this huge push for electric or hybrid vehicles. The problem there is that too many industries are getting rich off the idea. First there are the electric companies who fatten their wallets when these vehicles need charging. Second there is the precious metal industry to manufacture the intricate parts for the batteries and chips required to manage the operational process of the vehicle. Then of course, there is the whole electric motor industry that is producing the power plants to move the vehicle. And lastly, but most likely not least is the expensive union workforce that assembles the behemoths.

Despite what the so called environmentalists may claim the electric vehicle concept neither saves energy or helps eliminate any harmful contaminants from the climate. In fact some of the gasses that are produced from the manufacture and operation failure of these batteries in these vehicles are far worse than fossil fuel emissions. No folks, once again, you can’t trust congressmen and women to give the heads up on solutions to problems, climate or otherwise.

 The solution to some of the world’s climate concerns are sitting right in front of us. The problem is that not enough people can get rich off the idea. Believe it or not the solution is in water. Yes, the most abundant thing on earth can be the ultimate solution to both energy independence and climate concerns. How can this be? Well it’s very simple, and most all of us have done a simple experiment at home on the stovetop. Water consists at the molecular level of two atoms of hydrogen, bound by an atom of oxygen. When heated to 212 degrees Fahrenheit, the atoms separate. Hydrogen is a very combustible gas that when ignited, leaves nothing but water in its wake. Big government will continue trying to convince Americans that it’s too dangerous to use in vehicles, simply because not enough people or industries can profit from its use. Yet big government has managed to convince the same Americans that nuclear power is safe. Simply because of how lucrative the nuclear power industry is.

 Hydrogen is widely used right now, safely, commercially. Plasma cutters use superheated hydrogen gas for precise metal cutting. B.M.W. and other manufacturers have developed a prototype automobile that converts the common gasoline engine to use hydrogen, with the only emission being water. As hydrogen burns, it requires oxygen like all other fuels, as it does so some of the atoms recombine to make water. So maybe now one can see why there is no mention of this technology. If there is, it’s put in a negative light for its only downside, which happens to be its upside also, along with all other fuels.

 It’s time to wisen up folks. Green energy has always been sitting right in front of us, and free, too.

The Smollet Case Socialist Sideshow

One thing I hope can be gained from the Smollett hoax is that the same accountability be held for the media outlets that rushed to be the judge, jury, and executioner of the Trump supporters when the story first broke. The propagandized media has had a consistent narrative of divisiveness since the election of President Trump. This rush to judgment before the facts needs to be punished or it will eventually lead to civil war in this country.

The Congressional leaders need to be held to account also. These Congressional leaders that embrace the divisive rhetoric call themselves patriots. They are not. It is called subversiveness. Their sole intention is not to serve their constituencies, but to subvert not only the duly elected President, but the will of the American people to attain their personal aspirations in the pursuit of power. Just take a look at what most of these congressmen and women have announced publicly; they all want to be president. How can Americans elect a presidential candidate that not only exhibits the disregard for the rule of law, but also  the sheer frothing at the mouth desire to have absolute authority, completely disregarding the will of the American people? These Democratic candidates not only desire the presidency, but some have publicly admitted through their Socialist ideals, actually desire to be Dictators of America.

The hypocrite multi-millionaire Bernie Sanders, for example; of Jewish decent, who slaps the face of every oppressed Jewish person from the concentration camps of Nazi Germany, (a Socialist Government), to those who were persecuted by Czar Nicholas, calls himself a Democratic Socialist. Newsflash! There is no democracy in a Socialist government. This form of government has complete rule through the will of the dictator, and his appointed military generals, period! This goes the same for all these other clowns that want to be Dictators of America. This, by the way consists of most if not all, of those Democrats that have announced their candidacy.

The phrase ‘Democratic Socialist’ is a made up buzz word to deceive the poorly educated in matters of politics. There is either Democracy, (free will of the people to govern themselves through an elective process), or there is Socialism, (government rule over the will of the people). In every case of Socialist rule, the elected Dictator professes that the people can elect anyone they choose. Unfortunately, once in power the corruption of said power denies the will of the people, and the election process is then rigged in favor of the Dictator. How long has Putin been in power? How about the Castros? Maduro of Venezuela is downright refusing to leave his position. What makes anyone think that Dictators Sanders, Booker, or Harris would be any different? Unless and until any given Dictator feels that their personal agenda has been accomplished, (which, by the way is never) they will refuse to step down, unless maybe if their successor has the same agenda as theirs.

The Memes have it WRONG!

I have read a meme that is being spread around on social media, that references both Corporate and Democratic Socialism. The sad thing is that both references are essentially oxymoron in nature.

The first reference to so called Corporate Socialism implies that all of both houses of Congress are being influenced by corporations. So much so that the laws of this country are being made to favor the corporate interests. That means that a minimum of two thirds of all our representatives are voting to enact said legislation. The actual fact is that Corporate America isn’t influencing government; it’s the other way around. Overbearing government involvement into the private sector through burdensome regulation and taxation are dictating the way corporations do business.

There is no such thing as “Corporate Socialism”. Socialism is a form of governance that requires all those who serve under its rule to work equally at an equal wage to support the will of the leadership. There is no such thing as Democratic Socialism either. There is no Democracy in a Socialist governed country. The people’s will is dictated to them, not by them. The concept of Socialism essentially pits one worker against another and actually demoralizes the population, not lifts its people up. People actually become less inspired to work, because all the incentive for class mobility is removed. The Socialist Governed workers are eventually gripped with jealousy and discontentment for how the rulers live an extremely wealthy lifestyle, while the populous lives in disparity. This disparity between the governed and the government always leads to governmental and social breakdown.

 All through recorded history this Socialist experiment has been tried. It has never succeeded, ever! Here are some examples: The Faros tried it, Caesar tried it, Alexander tried it, Czar Nicholas tried it, Hitler tried it Maduro tried it, all without success. Why on God’s green earth would anyone even think of trying this again? The only reason that it has yet to completely fail in Russia is through strong government intimidation, and the adoption of some of America’s capitalist ideals.

All one has to do is look at the Socialist programs that exist in government right now. They, in only fifty years, are collapsing under the weight of their financial burden to accommodate the growing number of dependents and the fraudulent misuse of their intended purpose. If there was total Socialism, total collapse would be imminent.

Here is the fantasy meme: