Not Obama. hes not socialist hes realistic. The corporations have had huge subsidies for decades.
The public view of socialism is where I’m going with this.
I can’t help but realize all the people who have befitted from the government when the government disenfranchised half of it’s citizens.
And those corporate subsidies are paid right back to the government in the form of one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world, so that’s a wash. Besides that, you can look at the profit margin trends in American history and see that they are declining, so whatever subsidies corporations are getting are being eaten up in the form of competitive pressure and/or passing along the value of those subsidies to consumers, not shareholders.
If you are right that this is the “public’s” view of socialism, the public is wrong. Socialism causes everyone to lose with the exception of government bureaucrats, who gain lifelong employment at taxpayers’ expense. Period. Every single historical enactment of socialims proves this point beyond a shadow of a doubt.
When did the government “disenfranchise” half its citizens? If you are talking about the South post-Civil War, yes, promises were made that weren’t kept. And that is supposed to have benefitted me how? The thread of historical causation is pretty frayed at this point and I’ll certainly stand and fight on this point because unless you can provide proof of a tangible harm I’ve done, I refuse to accept any guilt over past actions by others, even if they share my skin pigment. Any rational person would say the same, although I am well aware of the irrationality of the average person.
