A gun is like a parachute. If you need one, and don’t have one, you’ll probably never need one again.
The definition of the word Conundrum is: something that is puzzling or confusing.
Here are six Conundrums of socialism in the United States of America:
1. America is capitalist and greedy – yet half of the population is subsidized.
2. Half of the population is subsidized – yet they think they are victims.
3. They think they are victims – yet their representatives run the government.
4. Their representatives run the government – yet the poor keep getting poorer.
5. The poor keep getting poorer – yet they have things that people in other countries only dream about.
6. They have things that people in other countries only dream about – yet they want America to be more like those other countries.
Think about it!
And that, my friends, pretty much sums up the USA in the 21st Century. Makes you wonder who is doing the math.
These three, short sentences tell you a lot about the direction of our current government and cultural environment:
1. We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics.
Funny how that works. And here’s another one worth considering…
2. Seems we constantly hear about how Social Security is going to run out of money. But we never hear about welfare or food stamps running out of money? What’s interesting is the first group “worked for” their money, but the second didn’t.
Think about it…..and Last but not least,
3. Why are we cutting benefits for our veterans, no pay raises for our military and cutting our army to a level lower than before WWII, but we are not stopping the payments or benefits to illegal aliens.
Am I the only one missing something?
Obama was elected by popular vote in the hopes of economic reform. Wouldn’t it make more sense for the Republicans to gain back the electorate by advocating reform themselves. Instead they attack reform politics labeling them “commie” which means they alienate the voters.
( lol typing “commie” is OK but if I write the other word the post disappears.)
As I discovered above through much trial and error – though the word – So-cial-ism is in the article the automatic censor here flags it and sends the post to the Phantom Zone.
Really?
I mean really? – come on!
Ah didn’t notice that first time – now it all makes sense …”Soc-ial-ism” – in other words this is the prop-aganda of the super rich who are afraid the people might take back the wealth they have stolen as they try to form a tech-no-fa-scist total-itarian state.
“Soc-ial-ism” the old bog-ey-man of the economic fa-sc-ists who own America.
Ah didn’t notice that first time – now it all makes sense …”Soc-ial-ism” – in other words this is the prop-aganda of the super rich who are afraid the people might take back the wealth they have stolen as they try to form a techno-fascist total-itarian state.
“Socialism” the old bog-ey-man of the economic fa-scists who own America.
All OK except # 2 which looks like elite apologism.
Don’t forget the third group – the small circle that owns 95 percent (plus) of the wealth, hoards it and doesn’t allow 99.9 percent of the people to use capital for capitalism – they didn’t work for it either – they took it by force , trickery and corruption.
You want to know where the money is and why no one has it – look up not down at the downtrodden.
That was fantastic. I wish I had said it. Good op-ed for the NYT.