The phenomenon of congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez highlights the movement of the democratic party further to the left than ever before. I liken it to a gambler doubling down on a bad hand of cards. After losing the general election to Donald Trump, instead of moving back more to the center to accommodate public sentiment, the democratic party has pulled back the curtain to reveal its true identity based on the principles of wealth re-distribution and big government, i.e. socialism.
The main problem I have with politicians like Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders mirrors the problem I have with the progressive, liberal, socialist movement. It is championed primarily be those who are fond of telling other people how to live their lives, while they themselves are far removed from the lives that most of us live. I cannot relate to Bernie Sanders since he was a career student before he became a career politician. He had little experience with a real job in his life, and the same can be said of Ocasio-Cortez and Barack Obama for that matter.
Politicians like Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders, and Berack Obama never lived the life that most of us live. They never quit their salary job to forge a career on their own as a small business owner. They never struggled to raise a family solely on their ability to be clever enough to find a way to bring in enough money to pay the mortgage each month.
So, it is easy for them to lecture the hard working entrepreneurs and assembling line workers that keep this country going on how we are so fortunate that we should gladly give more to those that are less fortunate. What they fail to realize is that it is hard to make a buck, and when you toil long hours and risk everything to earn that extra dollar, it is demoralizing to have an Ivy League schooled politician who never actually worked a real job in his or her entire life take that dollar from you and give it to someone who is less industrious than yourself.
I give back my fair share but prefer to do it on my own terms. It is my money and I resent the government taking it from me to dole it out as they see fit. Socialism is Un-American for so many reasons, but mainly because it acts as a disincentive for people to be productive and it is usually proposed only by elite political figures who are totally out of touch with the day to day lives of those it is forced upon.
Socialism is counter productive and has been proven time and time again to represent a failed governmental system. The main tenant of socialism is that wealth be divided up evenly among the members of a society. In such a system little attention is given to productivity. What is championed is simply the even distribution of wealth.
The failure inherent in a socialistic governmental system is that without a monetary incentive for people to be productive, they will fail to do so over time. What you end up with is a small pie that is although somewhat evenly distributed, one that is insufficient to meet the desires of pretty much everyone, with the exception of the government workers that make sure they get more than their fair share. This is in sharp contrast to a capitalistic system that results in a much bigger pie that, although not so evenly distributed, contains enough wealth to fully meet the needs of most of its members.
It will be interesting to see how the Democratic Party does in the upcoming elections now that it has revealed its true colors.
The main problem I have with politicians like Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders mirrors the problem I have with the progressive, liberal, socialist movement. It is championed primarily be those who are fond of telling other people how to live their lives, while they themselves are far removed from the lives that most of us live. I cannot relate to Bernie Sanders since he was a career student before he became a career politician. He had little experience with a real job in his life, and the same can be said of Ocasio-Cortez and Barack Obama for that matter.
Politicians like Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders, and Berack Obama never lived the life that most of us live. They never quit their salary job to forge a career on their own as a small business owner. They never struggled to raise a family solely on their ability to be clever enough to find a way to bring in enough money to pay the mortgage each month.
So, it is easy for them to lecture the hard working entrepreneurs and assembling line workers that keep this country going on how we are so fortunate that we should gladly give more to those that are less fortunate. What they fail to realize is that it is hard to make a buck, and when you toil long hours and risk everything to earn that extra dollar, it is demoralizing to have an Ivy League schooled politician who never actually worked a real job in his or her entire life take that dollar from you and give it to someone who is less industrious than yourself.
I give back my fair share but prefer to do it on my own terms. It is my money and I resent the government taking it from me to dole it out as they see fit. Socialism is Un-American for so many reasons, but mainly because it acts as a disincentive for people to be productive and it is usually proposed only by elite political figures who are totally out of touch with the day to day lives of those it is forced upon.
Socialism is counter productive and has been proven time and time again to represent a failed governmental system. The main tenant of socialism is that wealth be divided up evenly among the members of a society. In such a system little attention is given to productivity. What is championed is simply the even distribution of wealth.
The failure inherent in a socialistic governmental system is that without a monetary incentive for people to be productive, they will fail to do so over time. What you end up with is a small pie that is although somewhat evenly distributed, one that is insufficient to meet the desires of pretty much everyone, with the exception of the government workers that make sure they get more than their fair share. This is in sharp contrast to a capitalistic system that results in a much bigger pie that, although not so evenly distributed, contains enough wealth to fully meet the needs of most of its members.
It will be interesting to see how the Democratic Party does in the upcoming elections now that it has revealed its true colors.
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