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There are two different versions of socialism and as a country, the people who are so terrified of socialism benefit from socialism every day.

Corporate socialism is alive and well in the US and is the good socialism. Banks can always rely on the government bailing them out. Farmers can always count on the government to bail them out if they have crop failures or if they need subsidies to maintain their prices. Large corporations, especially energy companies, can always count on corporate socialism to make sure they get their subsidies and tax breaks. The medical industry can always count on the government to fill in when people cannot afford their premiums, or their plans provide poor coverage. Most of the developments in research that all major tech industry use come from research by the US government.

I can certainly go on and on about how the government is indispensable for all these people who deride socialism. When it comes to social efforts to help the general population, everyone goes crazy and claims that we are becoming Cuba or Venezuela. Government providing health care is bad socialism. Government fighting climate change sounds like bad socialism. Government working to provide a better living standard for all Americans is bad socialism. Government attempting to support more equity in public education is bad socialism

So be clear, we like socialism but only a socialism that helps me directly but is wrong for the general population.

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Letter: In US, socialism has many faces - Grand Forks Herald

A mixed economy

EDITOR: I voted for Jared Huffman and appreciate his participation in the House Progressive Caucus and support for universal health care, but was disappointed to read his quote in the Nov. 5 Washington Post: I think Republicans try to scare people on this socialist narrative. Whats the point of embracing a phrase like [socialism]?

Because, we are all socialists! Socialism occurs when society chooses to pool our taxes for social benefits like highways, libraries, police and public schools. This contrasts with capitalism where businesses sell goods and services for private gain. We have a mixed economy: part socialist, part capitalist.

Please dont perpetrate conservatives scare tactics and forbid us from speaking the truth. Instead, be proud of our socialized national parks, universities, postal service and Social Security. After all, a Harris poll last year found, Socialism is gaining popularity: 4 in 10 Americans say they would prefer living in a socialist country over a capitalist one.

Tom Wodetzki, Albion

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Letters to the Editor: Wodetzki - Mendocino Beacon

Im writing to support Darrell Berkheimers opinion printed on Oct. 27 regarding the misconception of socialism. The U.S. is already both socialist and capitalist. We have been for a long time, and it works well that way. Unfortunately, politics makes it a false binary choice, so the two systems seem at war, opposing each other. If there were a metaphorical tug-of-war between these two economic systems, the rope would win.

Anti-socialists should ask themselves: Would you rather have only private military? Only privately owned roads? Would you rather have privately run court systems and police. No more Social Security? No more Medicare and Medicaid?

Capitalism works for small-business entrepreneurs and creative innovators. It also works for large corporations, unless they become monopolies that swallow competition. Capitalism motivates progress and feeds many families. But it needs the impartial and regulatory effects of socialism, which is not based on economic profit. We need to understand that profit driven motivation sometimes produces problems that interfere with the best we humans can achieve.

Please recognize we need both socialism and capitalism for an optimal society that maximizes our collective resources. Humanity faces major problems that will only be solved by cooperative collaboration that forfends the propaganda that divides us with false socialism vs. capitalism opposition. The future of civilization depends on it.

Jerry Martin

Grass Valley

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Jerry Martin: Socialism and capitalism - The Union of Grass Valley

Contributed - Nov 17, 2020 / 3:00 pm | Story: 316622

A Speaker of the House (Julian Reed, a Liberal MP) replied in 1995 to a letter I wrote during a time the left was bellowing its perpetual cry, Tax the rich more.

I had just paid 83% of my annual income in Federal, Provincial and Municipal taxes and sent Mr. Reed my tax return papers to prove it. I asked him how much of my income he thought I should give to his socialist government. He stated that I should be grateful to live in Canada and that government knew best.

I responded that his view that government knew best how to spend my hard-earned income pretty well represented the view of Marxist and socialist governments that we had defeated in war, adding that with his elitist view he would not be satisfied until government had the additional 17%. I did not hear back from him.

Are not Canadian citizens, who own unmatched natural resources and therefore unlimited potential wealth, unjustly taxed by a few controlling political leaders who have proven themselves void of any vision for Canadians? How much will they take from citizens before we collectively wake up?

Canada is the envy of the world with 318 billion trees for lumber products; the third highest oil reserves in the world; unmatched rivers and waterways that produce hydro power the rest of the world can only dream of; vast fishing seaways connected to three massive world oceans; farmlands and orchards that are the envy of every nation; productive citizens that have produced some of the most advanced products in the world (Avro Arrow, space arm, medicines) and so much more.

With only 37 million citizens in this massive, beautiful, rich country, why then are Canadians struggling so much? Sadly, the answer is clear.

We have chosen socialism, a system that has not worked in any country in the world.

Socialist governments are morally bankrupt from the top down.Our own scandalous government has become so socialized and corrupt and putrid that it is incapable of governing.

They deceives us in favour of lobbyists and foreign leaders (eg. UN and China) that want to control our resources and nation.

Tax dollars are siphoned secretly to unknown sources such as WE and other entities.

Citizens scrape the barrel to make ends meet while corrupt leaders prosper.

It is time to choose leaders with integrity who love Canada and its people!

Garry Rayner, Kelowna

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Socialism is the problem - Letters - Castanet.net

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Moderate Democrats expressed frustration and, at times, fury on a House caucus call Thursday that several reporters listened in on, arguing the party should immediately break with progressive messaginglike defund the policeafter disappointing House and Senate results.

A participant holding a Abolish Police sign at a protest on Aug. 28, 2020 in Brooklyn, New York. ... [+] (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

House Majority Whip Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) reportedly said on the call that if we are going to run on Medicare for All, defund the police, socialized medicine, we're not going to win.

Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) expressed outrage with the left, reportedly telling fellow Democrats, dont say socialism ever again while warning that if the party continues moving left that in 2022 we will get f***ing torn apart.

Spanberger appeared to narrowly fend off a Republican challenger for her Virginia Congressional district, as Democrats struggled in competitive districts around the country amid GOP attack ads saying they supported defunding the police and were against law and order.

According to Politico, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) pushed back against Spanbergers characterization of this election as a failure, saying we did not win every battle, but we did win the war.

Democrats appear poised to win the presidency by a slim margin and it seems like a long shot they will take control of the Senatea disappointing reality for many in the party, who were expecting a hefty win over President Donald Trump and flipping many more Senate seats held by Republicans. Led by Trump, the GOP throughout the campaign railed against Democrats, making false claims that they supported rioters in the streets but also attacking Democrats for positions that are becoming more popular in the partynamely, defunding the police and an embrace of the term socialism. Those attacks seemed to especially connect in places like the swing state of Florida, where Trump won by three points and Republicans flipped U.S. House seats in the southern part of the state.

Control of the Senate seems that it could come down to two racesboth in the state of Georgia, thanks to a special election for one of the states Senate seats, with both potentially going to runoffs on Jan. 5. If leaders in uncalled Senate races hold on to win, that would mean Democrats would have to win both of those Georgia seats to potentially take control of the Senate. But that would only be possible if Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris are also elected, which they appeared well-positioned to do as of Thursday afternoon. In that scenario, the Senate would be a 50-50 tie between the Democratic caucus and Republicans, with Harris able to serve as a tiebreaker in her role as vice president.

Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), who are collectively known as The Squad and commonly painted as representing the partys left, all won reelection.

Rep. Donna Shalala (D-Fla.), who lost her south Florida seat, reportedly said leadership has been excellent and I have no complaints.

Dem leaders warn caucus not to veer left after House losses (Politico)

Its Not OK: Democrats Start Pointing Fingers After Losing Major Ground In Miami-Dade (Forbes)

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Dont Say Socialism Ever Again: Democrats In Congress Push Back Against Lefty Messaging After Disappointing Election - Forbes