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Debating socialism in America.

February 25, 2010 on 2:00 pm | In Current Events, Drawings | 4 Comments

I’ve heard that there are people in the US protesting the idea of the government being involved in health care. They think that the National Health Service in the UK is terrible and socialist.

But if you don’t want the government involved in healthcare, how do you support so much of the socialism and government control that already exists in America?

If you don’t want government healthcare, why do you put up with public, government run libraries? Free books for everyone? How is that capitalist? Privatize libraries and keep knowledge and information in the hands of the rich.

And what about firefighting? Back in the good old days, there were dozens of competing fire departments in each town, and they only put out fires for people who had paid for fire insurance from their company. If you didn’t pay, your family burned. Isn’t that a more capitalist way to do things? If you don’t have money, why should the rest of us pay to stop your house from burning?

The worst of all is public schools. Why should the government be deciding what your children learn? That’s why there are still private schools. But people who send their kids to private schools are still forced to pay taxes supporting public schools. And people without kids have to pay to educate other people’s children. If you can’t afford to educate children, you shouldn’t have children. Isn’t that more capitalist? I mean, it is extreme socialism to offer equal education to all children. If you’re against public healthcare, you should be equally petitioning to privatize all schools.

If you’re against socialist health care, why aren’t you protesting the other marks of socialism in America? You fight against equal healthcare, but you tolerate equal libraries, schools, police, firefighters, and roads for everyone. Seems hypocritical to me.