Democrats don't boast much about their desire for a socialist America. But if polls are correct, as recently as 2010 sixty-one percent of liberals said their image of socialism was positive. Source: Gallup.com.
Perhaps this is one of those cases where liberals and progressives are less informed than conservatives. So it's up to us to help bring everyone up to speed on just what socialism does to the countries that are stuck with it.
A case in point is Venezuela. See Venezuela to nationalize food distribution. How does one put a happy face on that? Excerpt:
Venezuela is struggling with a recession, 68.5-percent annual inflation and severe shortages of the basic goods that it relies on oil money to import.
On any given day, people in Venezuela can wait hours to get some subsidized milk, cooking oil, milk or flour -- if they can be found at all.
Maduro's government is strapped for cash in the face of a global supply glut that caused oil prices to collapse by more than 50 percent between June and January.
Nonetheless, Maduro also announced a 30-percent increase in public wages on Friday.
Venezuela is a country rich in natural resources but poor in economic opportunity. Then they get leaders who promise the moon and deliver dirt. That's what socialism does. Democrats, please snap out of it.
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