Why That's SOCIALISM!!!

[Dirty Socialist]

A lot of people are hailing the CV relief bill as essential and helpful. But isn’t the bill, with government handouts, that S word?
When in trouble fall back on “dreaded” Socialism?
Ayn Rand must be spinning in her grave! (I hope)

[Johnny2X2X]

1. I've been making sure to call it Liberal every chance I get

A lot of what's in it is what Liberals have been fighting for for generations.

And you know what? The $600 extra a week for the unemployed? Good, make their employers pay them more to get them to come back.

[Stuart G]

2. Most people in the U.S.A. do not know what ..."socialism" is/was/consists of..We already have...

.Many aspect of.....SOCIALISM!!!!!...

..1. public water supplies
..2. public education up to grade 12
..3. available health care..some expensive, some subsidized
..4 Parks for free
..5 Police Dept, & Fire Departments for all
..6 Unemployment Insurance
..7 Medicare
..8 Social Security


.............etc, etc, etc, ...& a whole lot more....

[Stuart G]

3. Actually....I like ...Socialism...(ok, double post) fire me!!!

[Hoyt]

4. It is. And it's a good precedent to set.

[BeckyDem]

5. Ayn Rand, the queen of the sociopaths.

K&R

I like your screen name too.

[BlueJac]

6. It is socialism for dummies!

Mean GOP!

[Hortensis]

7. No, it's not even close to socialism.

And you should never forget that it'd be a damned rare failed socialist government that COULD come up with $2 trillion, even if it got itself together enough to try. The callous incompetence of failed governments that leads to mass death, deliberate and involuntary, is another matter -- lots of examples of that.

[TwilightZone]

8. Agreed.

It's a generally-solvent and somewhat-functional government assisting in a crisis.

The need to label everything involving the government as socialism is just odd.

[Hortensis]

9. Wishful thinking of pre- desperate regret people.

I don't understand the desire to leap off a cliff with my eyes obediently closed, but there must be some ecstasy in follow the leader I'm incapable of sharing.

[mitch96]

10. I'm glad they are spreading it around. Before it was just corperate socialism

and personal capitalism.. Too big to fail gets the "socialist" bail out..
BTW Isn't the VA medical system kinda socialist???
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