Tag Archives: socialism

Free Stuff

Either people are remarkably ignorant of how government works, or they’re remarkably disingenuous and deceitful. The frequent charge thrown at any candidate running for office who makes campaign promises to provide services, is that they’re giving away “free stuff” to win votes. Bernie Sanders is the latest target of these falsehoods by conservative pundits and […]

The Socialization of America

During the Presidential campaign of 2008 a firestorm of Socialism talk hit the air waves when Candidate Obama told Joe the Plumber (who is neither a Joe nor a plumber) that by increasing the marginal tax rate on the highest brackets we could “share the wealth” so that everyone benefits. Now the reality is that […]