Rasmussen Poll: Democrats Prefer Socialism

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/just_53_say_capitalism_better_than_socialism

Never in my life have I said this. Until now. The American Experiment is over. And it has failed. It has failed.

Nearly 1 out of every 2 American adults now feel that Socialism is better than Capitalism as a means to prosperity.

I am only somewhat assuaged that people that are affiliated with the Republican party, a party that pretends to be conservative are 11 times more likely to prefer Capitalism.

"There is a partisan gap as well. Republicans - by an 11-to-1 margin - favor capitalism. Democrats are much more closely divided: Just 39% say capitalism is better while 30% prefer socialism. As for those not affiliated with either major political party, 48% say capitalism is best, and 21% opt for socialism."

Rugged individualism is apparently on life support in this nation. A capitalistic society requires a citizenry that is willing to take risks, is willing to fail, is willing to learn from failure and take responsibility for failure. For from failure comes the knowledge and wisdom to adapt, overcome and in doing so become a winner.

But apparently, 47% of us want the government to tell them what they will do in life, how they will do it, take half or more of our pay and then give it back to us with social education programs, social healthcare programs, social welfare programs, government housing programs and government-sponsored and governed retirement programs. Because somehow the American people have come to the conclusion that they want a nanny state where Uncle Sam will provide for them from cradle to grave.

OK. So point out which great socialist nation has produced more billionaires and millionaires, produced more medical miracles, produced more food per capita, created greater scientific achievement than the United States? China? Over 1.5 billion of her people live in rural squalor. Russia? Home of the greatest nuclear accident in history. Both countries have ruling elites that live in opulence and luxury while the laboring classes live in tenements and flats. How about Venezuela? Ok, maybe not. How about France? Oh yeah, their socialist system is about to go completely bankrupt because they have more people taking out of the system than are paying into it. Great Britain? Their health care system is so poor for routine medical care that many Britons fly to the U.S. to get their medical needs addressed.

If you look at any nation in the world as a whole and compare that nation to the U.S., you will still not ever find a single example where there are greater opportunities for success than here.

But the current generation of wimpy crybabies wants to suckle at the the government's tit.

I'd love to move somewhere else, because the current generations of American's sickens and disgusts me. Unfortunately, as bad as it is here, it's still not worse than living anywhere else. Even more unfortunately, I do not believe that this will always be so.