Socialists just don’t get it.
They talk a good game about so much free stuff for EVERYONE, and lollipops, unicorns, and rainbows but they never admit how much it will cost us (all of us) to have these so-called free things. Which is why so many people on the Right (and even within the Democratic party itself) have taken issue with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s ridiculous platform.
A platform, of course, that Media Matters absolutely loves:
Ever since the primary election victory of @Ocasio2018, right-wing media are in an all-out frenzy over the idea of health care, housing, and jobs as rights pic.twitter.com/iyW1vh5WZA
— Media Matters (@mmfa) July 27, 2018
Yeah, we’re in an all-out frenzy because we know what socialism does to a country.
See Venezuela.
Single-payer healthcare: Exists in 16 countries
Tuition-free (or nearly-free) college: Exists in 15 countries
Major economies already running on at least 30% renewable energy: 4
Super spoOoky, right? ?
It’s not that the US can’t have these things. It’s that we choose not to. https://t.co/JOjdEQ8r8P
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 27, 2018
We don’t live in other countries, Alexandria, so we don’t care. What’s spooky is how easily so many people are fooled by the snake oil you’re selling.
Wait until they get the bill.
Taking the model from Denmark, are people aware that the personal income tax is 55.8% (the high at 65.9%). Corp income tax is 22%. For those of you who have mortgages, are you prepared to take more than 1/2 your income away and stay on top of expenses?
— Leonnie (@Leonnie13) July 27, 2018
Imagine giving over half of what you make to the government …
Our Founding Fathers are rolling over in their graves, folks.
Because here is what Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez are failing to tell you. They don’t mean to just take the money from billionaires, if they decide to even stick around under a socialist government. You’ll have to shoulder the load too.
— Leonnie (@Leonnie13) July 27, 2018
Everyone pays.
Socialism seeks to make us all equally poor and miserable while the government rules.
And people support this crap?
We’re also a country with a much larger population with 50 states so it can get a little more complicated.
— Robin Hood (@__Chimaera) July 27, 2018
A little more complicated?
Not to mention we understand basic math.
Socialism doesn’t work.
You are welcome to move to those countries and pay their outrageous taxes. #PersonalResponsibility #Economics #BigGovSucks
— Mike From New Jersey (@AKAWhiteMike) July 27, 2018
We should start a GoFundMe … right?
It sucks in Canada unless your considered being in an emergency situation. I’m waiting over a year for treatment for my hip. If you’re going to do single payer, do it right!
— tanner (@tan_man19) July 27, 2018
Oh yeah, it sucks.
Better yet let’s just move far, far away from single payer in this country, deal?
https://twitter.com/dogstar720/status/1022862167022989312
And ultimately that’s what it boils down to here in America, freedom.
In this country, you are empowered to make as much as or as little as you are willing to work for. In countries where they tax you over half of what you make, the government tells you how much is enough and what you need …
No thanks.
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