Quote Originally Posted by SEA Traveler
support the socialism that is developing under obamaism
If I may suggest, 'Obamunism'.

Incidentally, the thuggery of that 'orrible IRS of yours ain't nothing to do with Obama. And Obama's policies Socialist- don't make me larf.

I suppose, if I was American, I might resent the fact that overall taxation will have to rise as a % of GDP to pay off your colossal government debt. The burden of that will fall mostly on the Rich, and correctly so- for it is they that inordinately benefited from the irresponsible tax policies that preceded it- especially under dubya. Heck, if Reagan is your Icon, just consider this- bring back taxation levels for the Rich to what they were under Reagan! That will go a long way to addressing your government deficit.

Things have to change, surely that is clear. Reaganism may not have been bad at the time- but gone crazy, under the tutelage of the Monetarists and the disastrous Dubya era, just look at what happened. It's a lame argument to say that a national healthcare system is Socialist, when every other advanced Capitalist economy in the world already has it, and pays much less than you do for it. But forget the 'social' aspects of universal health care if you like and just focus on the economics of the matter, going forward.