Socialism belongs in the dustbin of history

With the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx’s birth, socialism is making a comeback in America. Democrats used to accuse Republicans of fear-mongering when they called out certain far-left policy ideas as “socialist.” Now, a growing number of Democrats are wearing the label as a badge of honor.

American socialists may imagine their proposals mirror those in Northern European countries such as Sweden and Norway. In reality, ideas along the lines of “Medicare for All” have more in common with economists’ traditional definition of socialism. The record of countries who have experimented with those types of command-and-control systems is devastating: Maoist China, the Soviet Union, and Venezuela among them.

Something to share: Socialism has a long legacy of failure across the world.

The sky-high taxes needed to fund “Medicare for All” alone, for example, would lead to a staggering $17,000 drop in household incomes after taxes and healthcare expenditures—a 19 percent decline. Without taxing American workers, funding this radical plan would require cuts to half of the Federal budget, wrecking Medicaid, Social Security, and traditional Medicare in the process.

Socialist policies have failed across the world wherever they are tested. They have no place in the United States of America.

THE MOST IMPORTANT MISSED IN THIS WHITE HOUSE EMAIL IS THAT SOCIALISM REMOVES THE INCENTIVE TO OVERPERFORM AND PRODUCE BETTER OR MORE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. THUS THE FUNDAMENTAL CORE OF AMERICAN EXCELLENCE, ENGENUITY, AND EXCEPTUALISM IS LOST AND THE ECONOMIC MIGHT IS DIMINISHED.