Originally Posted by carinia
"how is medicare or ss socialist? the va is for veterans, that's a totally different ballgame."
Actually... social security, va, medi are socialistic. Socialism as in, the spread of wealth, goods, and services for the equality of the masses.
"now the govt owning stock in private corporations is socialistic. aig, gm, and many different banks. not to mention they control fannie mae and freddie mac who own about 80% of all mortgages in this country. that's socialism."
Thats economic Fascism, which is rampant in America. Also, the government has taken "economic measures" to control stock in these corporations as a result of to much leniency (aka repeals of many financially important laws such as glass steagall) in previous years, mostly by republican hands.
Sorry, im kind of a liberal but I can't stand when people label everything as socialism like its a horrible disease without understanding what they're saying.