The Failure of Socialism
Saturday, May 9th, 2009
We often see the failure of socialism used as an excuse to curtail freedom.
Usually in the past, the failure of socialism is used as an excuse to force motorcycle riders to wear helmets, force people to wear seat belts while driving, raise taxes on smokers, mandated vaccinations and other medical treatments and myriad other nanny state ideals.
The argument goes like this, “Your irresponsible behavior is costing the rest of us in increased medical and hospital fees. This raises premiums and taxes for everybody else”.
Recently, the failure of socialism has been used to bash immigrants and to curtail their freedom to move about. Apparently, some people think that socialism could be made to work if only those “brown people” didn’t use our roads and hospitals and schools!
I certainly have my doubts. The failure of socialism will never be overcome, and historically never has been, regardless of the restrictions on beneficiaries.
In a just society, all people are treated equally. Indeed, our US Constitution guarantees “equal protection before the law”. And this includes all people, even those with brown skin or those that talk with different accents.
The people that say the immigrants, both those with bureaucratically approved papers and those without, are draining our socialistic infrastructure are of course wrong. Every study shows that immigrants pay far more into the “system” than they take out. Indeed, most studies show that immigrants without documentation are far less likely to use government “services”.