There is a lot of talk around this nation about socialism. I am no expert in all the political theories. I am not really an expert on most things. However, I have been in retail for a number of years. I have also been in customer service my whole life. I won’t go through the reasons socialism has failed. You can Google it. Draw your own ideas and thoughts about it. I just want to talk about the simple reason that supply and demand ( a very capitalistic idea) will over take the redistribution of wealth.
Most Socialist claim that by taking ownership of the private corporations and returning that wealth to the people will level the field for this country. That it will in a major way stop the racism that is still infects some people. That once this happens, those people can suddenly look beyond what they have been taught through generations. The intended effect is that it flushes some people with cash. American citizens and others living in this country do one thing more than any other country. We spend money. Some as fast as they get it. Look up how the lottery wrecked my life for further clues. What do you think would happen if everyone could buy an Iphone in cash?
Do you think that the market demands for just an IPhone would be more or less? People generally buy what they can afford. In a position to buy a limited supply of anything drives the price up. Then we can all drive Corvettes, have the latest phone, eat wherever we want, and the sky would be the limit. The price of everything would increase as the demand did. That makes the free money worth a lot less. When that happens the inflation goes sky high. The government has to print more money to stabilize the wealth. And the vicious circle continues. Seems a little like Venasula. Well, more than a little. Pretty soon the regulations will overcome any objections and companies will move and close.
We somehow assume that there is a duty by companies to innovate. Companies are out to make a profit. If there is no profit, is there a reason to stay in business? Would the high taxes be too much to employ people? Would everyone show up and give their best effort if we took all the motivation away to do things? Although to some, Socialism is the answer to all problems, it creates more problems and those problems bring a complexity that cannot be solved. To tell someone that society will care for them and they can take as much as they need is ridiculous. What do you tell the doctor who works 80 hours a week that he is paid the same as the 7 11 clerk who works 40? What do you tell him about the number of years they have sacrificed in college and residency? To take away the sense of accomplishment and drive is to delete the struggle they have gone through.
If this is the America that is left standing in 10 years, people will cheat, steal, and lie to the system to get what they want. That is going to redefine the idea of classes. If this idea takes effect and holds; it will create 2 classes only. One, the ruling class. Those in charge of the system. two, those that are forced to abuse the system to live. Is that getting us anywhere? There is a reason we have the system we do. I will admit it has been perverted by governmental officials, laws, and unjust regulations. But we really don’t need to make that worse due to another bad idea. But, if there are people out there that think socialism is a great idea; find some area and show the rest of us in this country that it can work here. Bind yourselves together as a community. Pass your agenda and live it here in the US. Start a township in this country and build that dream. Then show me how well that works.
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