tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184788866071073621.post7833355975547953500..comments2024-03-26T12:45:44.583-07:00Comments on The Revolution Continues : Buster Chats with Readers About “Socialism”Cindy A. Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12724627097783524710noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184788866071073621.post-65164474348983758882015-11-24T10:04:49.871-08:002015-11-24T10:04:49.871-08:00Buster really makes a good point when he says that...Buster really makes a good point when he says that government is in the business of "Spending Other People's Money." When we live in a society, we play by its "rules" and we support essential services through our taxes. Do ordinary Americans want to continue supporting "Corporate Welfare" for corporations who truly do not want a free market economy? These corporations just want things set up for them to make nothing but profits with no risk to their huge CEO bonuses. Why can't we use our joint monies (taxes) to send people to college, finance health care for all, and rebuild our crumbling bridges and roads and airports? Then EVERYONE benefits and not just the tiny handful of billionaires. <br /><br />Bernie Sanders is saying the pretty much the same things Eisenhower said in the 1950s--and no one ever labeled "Ike" a "socialist". We've got to stop listening to the corporate politicians who are bought and paid for by the Corporate Welfare Takers (oligarchs). There is no "trickle down economics"--it's just "trickle out" into tax havens in the Caymen Islands for the obscenely wealthy. We the ordinary working people have to make up our own minds. We need to vote for our best interests. We need to vote for Bernie in 2016. #FeeltheBernCindyhttp://cameditorial.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184788866071073621.post-2380354109672842642015-11-24T09:48:07.797-08:002015-11-24T09:48:07.797-08:00Well said, Buster B_T! I'm British, and rememb...Well said, Buster B_T! I'm British, and remember 'Saint' Margaret all too well. I was in a low-paying seasonal job at the time when the infamous poll tax was instituted. In spite of this, I was refused any kind of relief from the tax and had to pay it in full. Dear 'Maggie' sure stole most of the money I'd managed to save over several years! None of it went to any kind of public project. Instead she sold off public utilities such as water, gas and electricity production to the highest bidder. It took a public uproar and rioting in the streets for the poll tax to be rescinded, and dealt a fatal blow to Thatcher's reign as Prime Minister. The day she fell I couldn't get the smile off my face if I wanted to. A Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834159033854153921noreply@blogger.com