Quote Originally Posted by DesertDom View Post
Socialism has proven to fail everywhere it has been tried, why does anyone think it will work here?
There's a huge difference between Social Democracies and Socialism. Just as no pure Democracy has ever worked long-term, no pure Socialist government has worked long term. This isn't exactly new news.

Reference: Central Intelligence Agency World Factbook (online edition)

The U.S. pays more for health care than any nation on earth yet there are 44 countries with infant mortality rates lower than ours. There are 42 countries with life spans greater than ours. We lag behind in education level, literacy, and prison population as a % of general population to name a few more. One thing that stands out is those that are ahead of us in those areas are overwhelmingly Social Democracies. Social programs aren't all automatically bad because the word "Social" is in them.