Is The U.S. Moving Toward Socialism? A Socialist Weighs In

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The upcoming elections will be decided in large part based on what voters think about economics. So Planet Money is looking into the economic thinking behind much of today's politics.

We're going to start today with socialism.
Now, with the notable exception of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, no major figure in American political life identifies as socialist. Certainly no serious contender for national office this November does.

But socialism has become a large part of the discussion, with many conservative activists arguing that the nation may be "on the road toward a more socialist agenda," as Sarah Palin said this summer.
There is no evidence that President Obama or any leading Democrat is an avowed socialist. But we did think it would be worth digging a bit deeper into socialism and finding out what a socialist government in the U.S. might look like.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2010/09/16/129914195/is-the-u-s-moving-toward-socialism-a-socialist-weighs-in

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1. These tea-baggers are all much to do about nothing.

They yell and march with poorly worded and misspelled signs about how socialism is the name of the game for President Obama. And it must be stopped.

But this country ain't anywhere near socialism. It would be a much better country if it were.

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2. Far closer to fascism than socialism, if you ask me. And, no, that's not Obama's fault, just the

conditions he was elected into. Fortunately, he seems to have some recognition of what has been taking place and is trying to reverse it.

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3. Seems like baggers are overrunning the message board

at Nazi Propaganda Radio. Are we ever going to fight these people to get our country back?