most of the far right in the US rails against socialism but isn't that what jesus was promoting?
isn't it kind of hypocritical to be very rich, a capitalist, and a christian, or to be anti-socialism and christian?
Kentucky is a red state. But 34% of working families are 200% or more under the poverty line. Isn't that odd that someone would vote against the very thing that helps them.
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Many confuse Communism and Socialism.
Communism is dictatorship and the economic practice of Socialism. For example, the Soviet Union and China were ruled by Communists, and they were rather harsh leaders most of the time.
Socialism means that the government tax money (and other money) is spent on everyone. So, under Socialism, the rich don't get special breaks, like farm subsidies (payment not to grow crops on land that could not grow crops anyway).
Republicans have always been big on using the military (not paying perks when they retire). I wrote to a marine colonel who was volunteering with Republican Bob Dornan about B-1 Bob (Dornan) taking medical care and some old age pay from survivors of vets (wives, for example). Dornan was the one who took away such perks, though those perks were promised in contracts, in writing.
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Republicans are for Socialism when it comes to helping with their own agendas (everyone's money pays for everyone's military and everyone's money pays for everyone's roads and highways).
Republicans are against Socialized medicine (such as the medical system of Canada, England, Germany, etc).
Republicans are also against universal health care. Universal health care assures that anyone who gets sick can be cured. This is handy in an epidemic (or pandemic) when a plague has to be cured in everyone before it spreads. Universal health care is also cost effective because it prevents medical conditions from getting worse.
One thing lacking from Obamacare is the treatment of pre-existing conditions. With huge monthly payments and $100 (or so) doctor visits, many people don't seek immediate medical help (help that might cheaply and quickly fix problems before they become worse). Imagine a scenario in which a person has a sore on their leg, but they wait too long to see a doctor. That person might lose their leg. But, if they need their leg to do their job, they might also lose their job. But if they need a job to keep the wife and kids happy and fed (and provide medical care), he might also lose his wife (divorse or death from disease), and kids would likely go with their moms. So, for the sake of an antibiotic on his leg, he lost his job, house, wife, and kids, and leg, and can't find gainful employment elsewhere with an amputated leg.
Jesus most certainly healed the sick and didn't ask for payment. In fact, there was one man that Jesus cured who had asked him not to cure him. So, Jesus was very likely a supporter of universal health care (cure everyone), and a supporter of socialized medicine (money was no object).
Christians clearly defy Jesus when they block universal health care and socialized medicine.
There are serious cracks in the Obamacare program. One is that some poor people will get a huge amount of medical treatment (lets say for cancer).
A major crack in Socialism is that people can get funding or help without working, so why work?
The United States, after WW II, in its most productive mode, was a combination of Socialism and Capitalism.
It is important to compete with large companies like Toyota because we have to be able sell abroad with monopolies. Other nations subsidize their purchases.