Socialism and communism

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pastro243 said:

madskillz said:

As a mod on a newspaper site, it amazes me how folks are so quick to toss around the words and say Obama is both. Maybe I am not seeing it, but can someone explain to me how is Obama a commie and a socialist?

Discuss.

 I think its a problem in the US, people are too affraid of these words, it may have something to do with the cold war propaganda as someone said. They call socialist anyone who cares for the poor and makes measures that put them above the rich, I think its the way the rich people or the ones that represent them attack, and conservative poor people fall for these arguments of the guy being socialist and communist and inmidiatly dissaproove whatever they do.

Thats what I think.

Not really. They only call people that want the government to fund the poor people socialist. Ask any conservative who should be taking care of the poor. It's not that any conservative feels the poor shouldn't be taken care of, but they feel the burden of responsibility should be on the people, by the people, and for the people, and not mandatory by the government.

I find it interesting that despite all the strides we've made to fund the unemployed through food stamps, welfare, and other government programs, the gap between the rich and poor is even bigger. Very interesting.