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
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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: Public should have say on library space
As taxpayers, does the public have no say-so what happens with their tax dollars? With some proper schedule management, those existing meeting rooms can fulfill everyone’s needs.
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Letter: Election fraud tales turn voters away
Columnist Maureen Hayden asked, “Why did 3 million Hoosiers choose not to vote?” She gave a few reasons but I can think of another one.
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Letter: Elected officials should buy insurance
I may be wrong but I thought the city and county were hurting for money, and that’s why services keep getting cut or eliminated. One thing is evident. There is no shortage of money for lawsuits.
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Letter: Source of inequality is not economic
The truth of the collapse of a living-wage economy for working-class America is a social catastrophe and, increasingly, a severe embarrassment to free-market ideology.
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Letter: America following road to tyranny
Global elitists behind our government have methodically been guiding our government toward the New World Order.
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Letter: Let’s work through the problems
On May 14 I attended the county council meeting in hopes that I could understand what is happening in the legislative branch of our Madison County government. What I saw was politics at its worst and I cannot applaud either party.
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Letter: Columnist Brown ignores truth
It’s hard to understand why The Herald Bulletin carries columns by Susan Stamper Brown, who has such a blatant disregard for truth in her conservative propaganda.
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Letter: Taxpayers should thank the ‘few’
Are those who worry about the loss of the wheel tax concerned about the roads or about their jobs? Most of them could care less about people’s needs.
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Letter: Government officials should answer to us
We, the people, have allowed government officials to lead us into the crazy one world order. But, is it working? Well, look at the results.
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Viewpoint: Schools, volunteers reach out to pre-kindergartners, parents
On behalf of Born Learning Connection as service of the United Way of Madison County, I would like to thank all Madison County elementary schools for their generous support in making Blast Off to Kindergarten a countywide success.
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Letter: Public should have say on library space
