Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2019 23:26:20 GMT
Now I’m not a fan of some of the programs being offered by Warren & Sanders. And I knew the Republicans would label these programs as being socialist programs.
But this by Rick Scott has got to be the dumbest argument against perceived socialism that I have seen.
The American Dream that once was no longer exists today.
Kids are living longer at home because they can’t afford to move out. Every year more and more people are priced out of owning a home. Wages have been slow to increase since the Great Recession. Millions of folks lost their healthcare insurance this year. Millions were denied getting coverage when Republican Governors refused to expand Medicaid. In fact they are finding ways to kick people of Medicaid. In more than a few families both husband and wife must work to make ends meet.
Typical Republican, offered no solutions to the current problems facing this country today and in the future. Instead reminiscing about a time that no longer exists.
But I do have a question. Do you think the American Dream is still attainable today?
From Fox News...
“Sen. Rick Scott: I've been blessed to live the American Dream – We can never let socialism replace it”
“The American Dream. It’s not something that’s easy to define, but every American understands it instinctually. It’s part of our ethos.
Our founders created the greatest country in the history of the world, where anything is possible. We have the freedom to get an education, raise a family, travel, pick a career, and live in peace. Few countries are like America.
It really is amazing. And it’s important to stop and think about it sometimes – what we have and what we could lose if we let Democratic socialists have their way. And make no mistake; Democrats want to bring socialism to our country.
I’m a big proponent of the American Dream because I’ve been blessed to live it. I grew up in a poor family. My mom and my adopted father, who was a truck driver, worked hard to put food on the table and provide for my siblings and me. I started working at seven years old and haven’t stopped since.🎻🎻🎻
By the time I was 35, I had built a successful company that employed hundreds of thousands of people.
Every day, we enjoy the freedoms inherent in this American experiment. It’s what we know, expect, deserve. But we shouldn’t take it for granted. Complacency is dangerous.
We can’t ignore the fact that our nation’s freedom is never guaranteed, that everything we’ve built can be gone in an instant.
I worry about future generations and the freedoms that they might lose if we allow socialism to flourish in our country, and it’s time for you to worry about it, too.
Right now, extreme liberals, both in Congress and in the campaign for president, are promoting a socialist agenda that would reverse the progress of our country and strip American families of freedom and opportunity. We’ve heard their proposals.
Medicare-for-all,” or as I like to call it, “Medicare-for-none,” would ruin the Medicare system as we know it and throw 150 MILLION people off the private insurance they like.
According to independent estimates, the proposal would cost upwards of $30 TRILLION over 10 years.
I recently asked the Congressional Budget Office to do a score, and asked the Democrats promoting this disastrous proposal to join me.
So far, crickets. And we all know why…they don’t actually want the American people to know how much it costs.
They’re also touting the Green New Deal, or the “Green job killer”, which would bankrupt our country and is expected to cost homeowners up to $100,000 in the first year alone.
The Democrats want to wipe out all student debt. It sounds nice, but isn’t sustainable and doesn’t get to the root of the problem: tuition is too high and colleges and universities are not held accountable.
In fact, if you just eliminate student loan debt every decade or so, why would the colleges and universities ever change their ways? This would create an incentive to raise tuition and fees forever.
These are not serious proposals by the Democrats. It’s just virtue signaling to their extreme base. But we should be worried about what these proposals represent. They represent the mainstreaming of a new socialist movement in our country.
Big government doesn’t work – just look at the failure of ObamaCare. Ronald Reagan’s famous warning that “Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem” rings as true now as it did then. However, back when Reagan made this charge, the Democratic Party opposed socialism.
This new socialist movement thinks that the best way for American families to succeed is to grow government, raise taxes and plunge our country into more debt. If I was a Republican the last thing I would even mention is the debt.
These Democrats talk about being progressive, but they are actually regressive. They claim to be liberal when in fact the very policies they support would strip Americans of their liberty.
We can look to the past and to countries across the globe to remind ourselves that socialism fails every time. Just look at the absolute devastation in Venezuela right now, or the decades of suffering for the Cuban people.
As the saying goes, the problem with socialism is that eventually, you run out of other peoples’ money.
Socialism produces a weak economy that hurts everyone. It deprives individuals of freedom and opportunity, kills innovation and would destroy the American experiment as we know it.
Winston Churchill said it best when he said, “The inherent vice of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.”
But this by Rick Scott has got to be the dumbest argument against perceived socialism that I have seen.
The American Dream that once was no longer exists today.
Kids are living longer at home because they can’t afford to move out. Every year more and more people are priced out of owning a home. Wages have been slow to increase since the Great Recession. Millions of folks lost their healthcare insurance this year. Millions were denied getting coverage when Republican Governors refused to expand Medicaid. In fact they are finding ways to kick people of Medicaid. In more than a few families both husband and wife must work to make ends meet.
Typical Republican, offered no solutions to the current problems facing this country today and in the future. Instead reminiscing about a time that no longer exists.
But I do have a question. Do you think the American Dream is still attainable today?
From Fox News...
“Sen. Rick Scott: I've been blessed to live the American Dream – We can never let socialism replace it”
“The American Dream. It’s not something that’s easy to define, but every American understands it instinctually. It’s part of our ethos.
Our founders created the greatest country in the history of the world, where anything is possible. We have the freedom to get an education, raise a family, travel, pick a career, and live in peace. Few countries are like America.
It really is amazing. And it’s important to stop and think about it sometimes – what we have and what we could lose if we let Democratic socialists have their way. And make no mistake; Democrats want to bring socialism to our country.
I’m a big proponent of the American Dream because I’ve been blessed to live it. I grew up in a poor family. My mom and my adopted father, who was a truck driver, worked hard to put food on the table and provide for my siblings and me. I started working at seven years old and haven’t stopped since.🎻🎻🎻
By the time I was 35, I had built a successful company that employed hundreds of thousands of people.
Every day, we enjoy the freedoms inherent in this American experiment. It’s what we know, expect, deserve. But we shouldn’t take it for granted. Complacency is dangerous.
We can’t ignore the fact that our nation’s freedom is never guaranteed, that everything we’ve built can be gone in an instant.
I worry about future generations and the freedoms that they might lose if we allow socialism to flourish in our country, and it’s time for you to worry about it, too.
Right now, extreme liberals, both in Congress and in the campaign for president, are promoting a socialist agenda that would reverse the progress of our country and strip American families of freedom and opportunity. We’ve heard their proposals.
Medicare-for-all,” or as I like to call it, “Medicare-for-none,” would ruin the Medicare system as we know it and throw 150 MILLION people off the private insurance they like.
According to independent estimates, the proposal would cost upwards of $30 TRILLION over 10 years.
I recently asked the Congressional Budget Office to do a score, and asked the Democrats promoting this disastrous proposal to join me.
So far, crickets. And we all know why…they don’t actually want the American people to know how much it costs.
They’re also touting the Green New Deal, or the “Green job killer”, which would bankrupt our country and is expected to cost homeowners up to $100,000 in the first year alone.
The Democrats want to wipe out all student debt. It sounds nice, but isn’t sustainable and doesn’t get to the root of the problem: tuition is too high and colleges and universities are not held accountable.
In fact, if you just eliminate student loan debt every decade or so, why would the colleges and universities ever change their ways? This would create an incentive to raise tuition and fees forever.
These are not serious proposals by the Democrats. It’s just virtue signaling to their extreme base. But we should be worried about what these proposals represent. They represent the mainstreaming of a new socialist movement in our country.
Big government doesn’t work – just look at the failure of ObamaCare. Ronald Reagan’s famous warning that “Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem” rings as true now as it did then. However, back when Reagan made this charge, the Democratic Party opposed socialism.
This new socialist movement thinks that the best way for American families to succeed is to grow government, raise taxes and plunge our country into more debt. If I was a Republican the last thing I would even mention is the debt.
These Democrats talk about being progressive, but they are actually regressive. They claim to be liberal when in fact the very policies they support would strip Americans of their liberty.
We can look to the past and to countries across the globe to remind ourselves that socialism fails every time. Just look at the absolute devastation in Venezuela right now, or the decades of suffering for the Cuban people.
As the saying goes, the problem with socialism is that eventually, you run out of other peoples’ money.
Socialism produces a weak economy that hurts everyone. It deprives individuals of freedom and opportunity, kills innovation and would destroy the American experiment as we know it.
Winston Churchill said it best when he said, “The inherent vice of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.”
but in general, it means the ability to come from nothing and either become rich and powerful, or just have a successful middle-class life. The freedom to get ahead on your own merits, rather than your name/social class. 
A new land, full of opportunities for immigrants escaping the old ways.
This was exactly what I was wanting to say too, but Lavender stated it perfectly.