Socialism in America.

Then you agree with various forms of socialism (education). Retort is below: I don't really think that free health care would be good though. Off topic. Universal Healthcare isn"t the debate. However, when implemented correctly and removed from burrecracy, Universal Healthcare does work. It works in a lot of countries and lowers cost. For example: why do so many Americans go to Canada and Thailand for procedures? Not many people are coming to the US for medical care vs socialist countries. Obamacare was a failure. It would be helpful if you supported this claim. Judging the Affordable Care Act as a failure would require us to define failure and success. Here are some indisputable facts about Obamacare: more people have coverage than before, personal bankruptcies have declined, preexisting conditions are covered and rising healthcare costs have slowed. If the aforementioned achievements meet the requirements to be defined as a failure, then I"d like to see your required achievements to be judged as successful. And you do realize Obamacare is not mandatory, right? If Obamacare is not the best option, you still have the right to buy a private policy. and most people agree that it was. This is not an accurate statement. Last month The New England Journal of Medicine reported 44% of Americans disapprove Obamacare whole Pew research reported 35% of Americans view Obamacare negatively. I know polls and public opinion are not limited to Pew Research and The New England Journal of medicine, but these two polls prove your statement to be false, even if other polls support it. Socialism time and time again has killed millions upon millions of people. This isn"t an accurate statement. You seem to confuse socialism with communism and Nazi Socialism. It represents the idea that if you work for your things, those things will forcefully be given to lazy people. This comment is childish. Seriously, do you truly believe this? If so, you need to read up on socialist economies. Various regulations, laws, legislation, etc prevents this from happening on a wide scale. Like with any economy, anecdotally lazy people may take advantage...but not to the point where it"s an epidemic. There are incentives for hard work and penalties for poor performance. Health care is not a human right, contrary to what angry lazy people say. Yes it is. It"s declared as such in the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights Capitalism has been working for America and other countries for a long time. Apparently not as well as socialist economies because last month China surpassed the US as the world"s largest economy. As a matter of fact, in about 20 years, economists predict China"s economy will be with 20 trillion more than the U.S."s. The freer the market, the freer the people. Oh really???? America"s income inequality problem is proof that this comment is not accurate. Ask pretty much any economist and they will say that socialism and communism is the worst path for a country to go on. You do realize that socialism and communism are not the same, right? While there are some similarities, they are definitely not one in the same so I"m not sure why you even mention communism. It has nothing to do with the topic at hand. As for your "ask pretty much any economist..." comment, you"ll find just as many that are proponents of socialist economies. In fact, nobel prize winning economists Paul Krugman is considered by many to be an expert in economics. Yup....he"s a socialist democrat. College is also not a human right. Another topic for another debate, but you"re right...college, unlike basic education, is not a human right. You need to work for these things. You really need to read more about socialist economies. IF our did, you"d know that people who work harder than others, do receive greater benefits. I believe that we should give more people opportunities to become rich and not just tax the rich because they worked for it. Ok. Europe is now experiencing a wealth drain because wealthy people don't want to be taxed for just being rich. You"re talking about the wealth tax implemented by some countries. This isn"t unique to socialism, so I"m it sure why you"re bringing it up because it doesn"t really support your position. Time and time again in history socialism has cause more people to starve and die than capitalism. You"re confusing socialism with communism. That is my argument against socialism in America. You really need to read up on socialism and the facts. If you did, you"d realize a lot of your claims are flat out wrong.