Comments by "yankee2 yankee" (@yankee2yankee216) on "PragerU" channel.

  1. Nobody gets anything for free. Under a socially responsible government, we pay for everything via our taxes (taxes go up under socialism, right?). The BIG difference is that under socialism, we get something for our tax dollars, including more economic equality. In fact, we get goods and services for 1/2 or less of what we pay now. THAT is what the capitalists hate most, that organized, via a socialially responsible state, the government (i.e. the people) negotiates much better prices than we all pay individually. That would sharply reduce the profits of capitalists and their rich investors. The benefit goes to ALL OF US! Which is selfish, the one who wants to keep the most for himself, or the one who wants that wealth to be distributed more evenly, which is to say more fairly, amongst us all? I happen to think that's a no-brainer.
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  2. This is the old "he said, she said" argument, i.e. that "the opposite" (of whatever the left proposes) is true! The government never takes care of anyone, per se, in fact, under a socialized government, it is WE who take care of ourselves, via our representative, the government. It is WE who generate our OWN entitlements, via our taxes, with our government providing the organization, at much lower cost than if we each buy our own services on the open market. OF COURSE we would be grateful for a system like that! Of course the capitalists would resist a system like that, which delivers twice as much goods and services for our hard earned incomes as we can get now on our own! But their argument hinges on one thing, which is that they want to continue to have maximum profits rolling into THEIR coffers. The problem with socialism, from the capitalists' perspective, is that it MINIMIZES their profits! The problem is, to capitalists, that it saves consumers a ton of money, which would otherwise have gone to THEM!!! That is what is behind capitalist arguments like these! The desire to keep a maximum amount of profits, commonly far beyond what used to be considered a fair profit, is what is truly selfish, NOT wanting for profits to be more evenly distributed, i.e. SHARED amongst us all... This argument, like most capitalists arguments, is sophistry. It twists the simple truth into a pretzel to try to undermine the arguments of the left... It should be clear to anyone that it is capitalists taking as much as possible of the production of the economy FOR THEMSELVES, NOT distributing it more evenly AMONGST US ALL, which is selfish... Socialists are NOT in fact the selfish ones... the CAPITALISTS are CLEARLY the selfish ones.
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  3. Socialism is in fact the common sharing of both costs and benefits. The big difference between capitalism and socialism is that under capitalism, we pay 35% of our incomes in taxes, and get nothing for them (except SD and Madicare, our most social programs), while under socialism we pay 50% in taxes, and get good versions of healthcare, education, childcare and retirement incomes. In fact, due to bargaining clout and economies of scale, the state can deliver essential goods and services much more cheaply than we can as individuals through the commercial system. That is The American People organizing for our own benefit... which is a perfectly reasonable, in fact highly desireable development. The People should and do want more economic equality, and we want more economic security. Social responsibility can deliver.
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