I could only cringe when I saw the February 16, 2009, cover of Newsweek, “We Are All Socialists Now”. Count me out. The 20th century was the Century of Socialism, and it’s high time we dispose of that horrific philosophy forever. At least 120 million innocent people died at the hands of their own socialist governments. Millions more, both military and civilian, died in two world wars and countless smaller conflicts with socialist/communist/fascist governments. While we avoided outright socialism here, socialist experiments from the New Deal to the Great Society held millions of Americans in poverty in a land of plenty and of opportunity. That centerpiece of FDR’s legacy, Socialist Insecurity, may soon bankrupt us as a nation. Socialism has proven an abject failure every where and every time it has been tried. Individual liberty and private property rights lead to peace and prosperity. Socialism leads inevitably to destitution and death. So NEVER call me a socialist. Many cling to the false promises of socialism with the best of intentions, but the proof is in and it is incontrovertible. I will fight the scourge of socialism until I draw my last breath on this earth.
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