[bobby_9x]

The US already has a countless number of welfare programs. When I was growing up, we had lots of neighbors that continued to have children (and couldn't afford them) only because with each new child, they received a boost in welfare.

You are wrong about Socialism, however. Many people in this country DO want Socialism. They feel like somehow the system is 'rigged against them' (which is pretty much the exact same thing Che, Mao, and the Viet cong proclaimed to their followers).

In reality, it's all used as ammo to get politicians into power. People like Bernie Sanders aren't in it for the money, they are in it for the power..which is just as dangerous.

We have the highest standard of living in history and anyone with an idea has at least a chance at making a success.

Socialism (or Democratic Socialism) removes all of these chances and will pretty much make your future decisions for you: You will either work for the government or a large corporation mostly owned by the government due to the regulations and astronomical taxes.

It's not good for the average person and will only create an environment that resists advances and lowers everyone's standard of living.

[creshal]

> We have the highest standard of living in history and anyone with an idea has at least a chance at making a success.

Never mind that social mobility and income equality are in a sharp decline and have been for several decades now. The American Dream is true because it has to be!

> People like Bernie Sanders aren't in it for the money, they are in it for the power..which is just as dangerous.

As if any presidential candidate of any party had ever not been in it for the power. The question is what they want to do with that power.

> Socialism (or Democratic Socialism) removes all of these chances

The chance to be allowed to train your H1B replacements? The chance to juggle three minimum wage jobs to survive? The chance to experience bankruptcy because a standard medical treatment costs several ten thousands of dollars?

Silicon Valley is not the US. The experience of its upper class do not translate to the other 299 million Americans.

[GFK_of_xmaspast]

> only because with each new child, they received a boost in welfare

Do you know this for a fact, because it's a calumny often repeated but never supported by evidence.