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In reply to the discussion: Oh Boy! Secret Ryan Tape: He describes Social Security & Medicare as “collectivist” & “socialistic.” [View all]The national forests in Idaho that I went fishing and hunting on when I was young; owned by the federal government. How many republicans who like to hunt and fish; do so on government land.
I lived in Kansas for 16 years around the Manhattan/Junction City area (near Fort Riley) where the Army Corps of Engineers constructed flood control dams that are used extensively by red staters as a 'gathering of socialists' to water ski and fish at the government teet.
There isn't anything wrong with socialism; these people from the reddest of the red states need to understand that they are among the biggest beneficiaries of socialism.
We just need to let them know that they are. Because so many of them are such simpletons.
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Oh Boy! Secret Ryan Tape: He describes Social Security & Medicare as “collectivist” & “socialistic.” [View all]
kpete
Sep 2012
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Like everyone else who followed her, she said, essentially "it's ok when I do it!"
Ken Burch
Sep 2012
#13
Ryan's REAL Attitude And Plans For Social Security And Medicare Out In The Open
Vogon_Glory
Sep 2012
#6
I know where you're coming from, but they ARE DOING THEIR JOBS. They work for these bastids, not us
freshwest
Sep 2012
#15
"They stab it with their steely knives but they just can't kill the beast." - Hotel California
Zalatix
Sep 2012
#16
Here they come again with the 1960s meme "socialism" and "collectivism" as if they are dirty words
Hestia
Sep 2012
#25
By now most Americans are smart enough to know that "defined contribution" means shit.
reformist2
Sep 2012
#31
Reminds me of Bush's "ownership society." And then there was Bush's problem to put people
JDPriestly
Sep 2012
#37
If we're going to simplify...aren't all questions between selfishness and compassion
duhneece
Sep 2012
#43