Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Socialism Doesn't Work

(Foxnews.com) – “Demonstrators opposed to a new jobs law swarmed parts of downtown Paris on Tuesday, throwing stones, tearing down street signs and ripping up park benches. Riot police, firing tear gas canisters and making several charges, carried away protesters in handcuffs.

Police said at least 1 million people poured into the streets around the country in the latest protests against the law, which makes it easier to fire young workers. Organizers said 3 million people marched.” –
(Complete News Report)

Well, it seems like socialism is a complete success in France (sarcasm).

A new law was passed in France that will make it easier for employers to fire employees under 26 without cause. Sounds like a great idea to me; if you do your job you can keep it, but if you screw off you will be fired. But since France has a socialist economy and the people are used to it, the protestors believe that they have a right to be employed and never be fired. France also has socialized health-care, extremely high taxes, a 35-hour workweek as required by law, workers get tons of vacation time, etc. And because of this France’s economy is a complete disaster, because, yes that’s right, socialism does not work.

I guess France and other socialist countries in Europe ignored Winston Churchill when he said, “socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.” When Churchill said this, he knew exactly what he was talking about.

I worry about this happening in America. America is slowly becoming more socialist with every tax raise, and every new government entitlement program. Liberal Democrats (I prefer calling them socialists) want you to believe that if you put them in power they will solve all of your problems. They are also pushing to create socialized healthcare just like they have in France. We cannot allow this to happen and we need to remember the fine words of former President Ronald Reagan, “government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” Reagan was 100% right and his words are still relevant today. Therefore, we need to only elect politicians that will work to shrink the size of government, believe in personal responsibility, and are supporters of capitalism.

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