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75. Yes you understand my issue with republicans crying about socialism.

The right cries about socialism but they love their socialism.
Farming is only one smaller part of the socialist system we embrace and it is not my intent to pick on farming.
Because of the huge amount of corporate welfare we cannot say we are a capitalist economy. We just aren't. Our government picks the corporations that will be given our money. Why do we give socialist corporate welfare to oil companies? Why do we build stadiums for privately held sports teams. The list is endless.

Socialism: a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
Our government is doing just that with corporate welfare. Yet republicans never cut any corporate welfare. They do scream and point to social programs as a horrific example of horrible socialism while holding their hand out. It just gets old.

There is a growing republican movement to cut SS and Medicare. If republicans get control of the house they want to shut down the government unless we agree to cutting SS and Medicare. However there is no talk of cutting socialist corporate welfare.

I have fun with my younger right wing friends. They talk about cutting SS and Medicare and I agree. But then I explain that I want them pay to educate their own kids and end the dependent deduction. Why should I have to pay to feed and educate their kids. I win the round. They never understand just how much of a government handout they get. But they don't want to pay for my SS and Medicare. Which I have actually already paid for.

We give socialist corporate welfare to many industries including oil, agriculture, housing, farm exports, automobiles, and health care. Everybody has their hand in the till but everybody wants to cut the other guys handout.