It certainly appears that socialists are united in their desire to see capitalism destroyed, and Christianity along with it. The Christian view typically supports hard money, fiscal responsibility, savings, deferred gratification, and living within one’s means. The socialist view, on the other hand, represents consumption, extravagance, and not providing for the future. Keynesian economics, a significant influence in socialism, generates high national spending, debt and increased inflation. That said, most Americans realize that excessive debt and spending got us into our current mess.
Why do socialists so oppose capitalism? It’s because capitalism is founded on the concepts of profit, individualism, private property, private business, and freedom to buy and sell. Capitalism supports individual initiative versus community or group initiative. Socialism downplays the individual in favor of the group or government. Even so, throughout the years, nearly all the inventions that have blessed humanity have been developed under capitalistic enterprise rather than group or government systems.
Today, the economic dynamics in America are changing, and Karl Marx must be smiling. Although Marx died in 1883, his legacy and influence continues throughout the ages. Many Americans are completely unaware that the U.S. House of Representatives is full of large, well-organized socialist organizations. These organizations are working to destroy the American capitalist economic system, and bring production, education, food, and health care under the complete control and regulation of the federal government.
Although capitalism has been targeted, it has raised more people out of poverty than socialism, or any other system the world has yet known.
Michael Imhof
Anderson
Letters
Letter: Destruction of capitalism looms
Christian view supports hard money, fiscal responsibility, savings, deferred gratification and living within one's means
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Letter: Union attitude must prevail for recovery
Any recovery for the middle class, in the recovery of our economy, will be led by the recovery of the union attitude in America. Nothing else.
- Letter: Founding fathers were humanists
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Letter: Lutz not representing the working class
I feel bad that Rep. Lutz (R) is sad, because Democrats at the Statehouse are representing the working class people of Indiana. While he is representing big business.
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Viewpoint:: Washington must wake up to missile threat
Three years after President Obama opened an outstretched hand to Iran and attempted to reset relations with Russia, the former has restarted its drive to build nuclear weapons including recent missile testing and saber rattling while the latter has dropped its diplomatic relations to Cold War temperatures.
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Letter: Consumer-driven economy will pay off debt
To save America some money — by acclimation of course — let’s not have a presidential election in 2012. We already have a good president who will do his best to kill all Republican bills (DOA) and, consequently, create more good-paying jobs in the $30 per hour range.
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Letter: Gingrich cashes in on political amnesia
Rasmussen says that Romney has flattened nationally. Why?
Two reasons seem to tell the tale. Gingrich has shown that he will fight, and Romney is a Mormon, believed to be a “cult” by a majority of evangelicals. -
Letter: Hiring Winkler not wise spending
As a taxpayer I want to know that my taxes are being spent wisely. Hiring Greg Winkler at a salary of $126,000 is not wise spending.
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Letter: Bill of Rights being nullified by new law
President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act on New Year’s Eve. I doubt many Americans noticed its implications because they do not yet comprehend the big picture. This law, coupled with the Patriot Act, is paving the way for America’s direction toward tyranny.
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Letter: $14 trillion debt started by previous president
I’m a proud atheist who’s lucky enough to know the difference between fact and fantasy.
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Letter: Economy putting people in the gutters
We are now getting the results of putting people in the gutters. We need to take a second look at our government and its policies. It’s not working.
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Letter: Union attitude must prevail for recovery
