A Comment About

The High Cost of a Free Lunch

March 8, 2008 - 1:00 am - by Burt Prelutsky
Ed Wallis
2008-03-08 06:41:25

“Why stop with universal health care? I’d promise universal car, fire and life insurance. I’d promise four weeks paid vacation for every workingman and workingwoman in America, and eight weeks for every non-working man and woman.”

Why indeed. In good ol’ socialist Germany (and, yes, “Good Bye Lenin!” was right; the Socialists DID win), you have a “social welfare right” to a television and refrigerator.

Of course, the top tax bracket begins at around 70,000.

Can someone please explain, why more Republicans today simply don’t hammer away at the obvious – whether “the messenger” is a woman or minority (or whatever…), today’s Democrats have nothing more to offer than their historic message of

SOCIALISM, SOCIALISM, SOCIALISM.