by Wright Q. Winger

There are those who have warned that the socialists have taken over America but, unfortunately, that message has not been accepted by the vast majority of Americans even though Rush Limbaugh is one of those patriotic Americans among others, mostly Republican thank God, who have made the strong case that these tax and spend Liberals have turned our government into a socialist state. But more alarming is the degree to which even fellow Republicans have supported this initiative for decades, much to the shame of real patriotic, anti-socialist Republican Legislators whose names I can't think of right now. But fortunately, many media commentators like Limbaugh and his conservative talk-show cronies that populate the free airwaves of our great, patriotic, god-fearing, Christian nation have disseminated this essential truth.

One has to go back into our history to see where all the socialism began. But most agree it became rampant during the reign of FDR beginning in the 1930s. Of course, it began even earlier with taxes which sought to take from the people and give to the government to pay for such socialist enterprises as the armed forces and the postal system. The degree which socialism has taken over the consciousness is no more evident that in the public school systems which are just another example of a socialistic apparatus that even many, conservative Republicans support.

But during the socialist era of FDR, state sponsored programs sought to provide jobs and security to many Americans who otherwise could not find work during the Great Depression. For the most part, these Americans were just lazy, lacked initiative, or were inspired by communists who wanted to seize total control of the government. In reality, the socialists and communists did seize control and FDR and his administration turned America into a feeding trough for these unpatriotic citizens. Jobs programs were created to build infrastructure such as dams and many other public works. Public transportation systems were built with money stolen through taxes.

During the decades that followed World War II, socialists hiding under the mantle of liberal philosophies and with the sad help of misguided Republicans, have expanded the socialist state to include a Federal bureaucracy that is so huge as to include such gargantuan entities as the Pentagon, the Treasury, the State Department, the Social Security Trust Fund, and many other such bureaucracies that steal money from the citizens of our great county. Why, I ask you are not these entities run by private corporations which can do the job much more efficiently? The recent corporate scandals are the exception to the rule as everyone knows corporations run by rich folks are the only way to prevent so much thievery as there is little motivation for avariciousness when one is rich.

Socialism has gotten so bad that farmers are subsidized and even paid not to grow crops. The list is long and includes dairy farmers, tobacco and wheat growers, and almost every agricultural product seen in today's supermarkets. In fact, socialism has infiltrated the mind set of nearly every legislator in the country. This socialist mentality is a disease which is destroying the very fabric of our society. Please, please bring back the good old days of pure capitalism which, if my knowledge of history serves me right was between 1839-1844 in a sub-hamlet of Manchester in England right before do-gooders started to assert the cause against child labor.

Even more depressing is another more subtle form of socialism which I can only call familial socialism. It is the practice of families helping each other out. This is a stain that has been with us since the dawn of time and yet, like original sin, is something that we must be saved from. Many parents help their kids even into adulthood, providing them with money for college and other socialist ventures which may include extended vacations. Indeed, many of our most honored so-called capitalistic, conservative families have accepted this practice as if it were the most natural thing in the world. So much so that they often provide perpetual security for their kids, offering them jobs for which very little actual work is done. I believe President Bush was raised this way. It is with much embarrassment and irony that I have to admit this and share this with my fellow patriotic, conservative, Christian citizens.

And worse, many of our most affluent families allow their children to inherit their wealth and businesses without even requiring them to work at all. Such blatant socialism has become a silent disease with victims too numerous to even begin mentioning. When oh when will we be honest and admit that socialism is so ingrained in our social-economic systems that we must all endeavor to identify these unnatural propensities if we are to ever root them out.

I, for one, am trying to set an example by refusing to pay any federal taxes. How do I do it? I live very simply, under the poverty line. Ha! Ha! Ha! The government can't tax me if I don't have any money. And most of the time I don't. To avoid sales taxes, I swap with most of my neighbors and do work at the local mini-market in exchange for some dinged can goods. I have avoided property taxes since I don't own property but since I have a car, I do have to pay gasoline taxes and other taxes which go under the name of licensing fees. But I've almost decided to buy a bicycle and get rid of my car once and for all. I'm prepared to live like an Afghani if it is necessary!

Much to my honor, I refuse to help my kids financially, so that they can know the true meaning of unadulterated capitalism and not become infected with the expectation of help in any way, manner, shape or form. At the age of ten, my kids are taught to fend for themselves. Some make it and some don't. But the ones that do are dyed in the wool Limbaugh conservatives, ready to die for freedom and America at the blink of an eye. It's something Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone would be proud of. And it's a challenge each and every American should and must inevitably face less we become like the Social-Democracies in western Europe where workers get six week vacations and have access to universal health care, just two features of socialist countries which is indicative of the problem that faces all of western civilization. Do we want the government to help to care for us or do we want true independence and anarchy? I, for one, choose the latter.

Wright Q Winger can be reached at http://killallsocialists.com

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