OntarioCanuck - 5/5/2012 09:15

You should research Germany and how their society works before trying to use that as an example of how good the US is compared to 'socialism'.
You will find they have a universal health care system which works as well or better than the US AND gives health care to all citizens at less cost.

Read this article just for starters
http://benjamindavidsteele.wordpress.com/2010/08/27/capitalist-us-v...
Here is one clip
"Going by the data (UNICEF – Child poverty in perspective), German children are about twice as likely to aspire to low skilled work. Most people probably think lack of aspiration for greater opportunities means lack of opportunities or lack of seeking out opportunities, but the data shows a very different picture.
In the US, children have a lot of aspiration and yet have less opportunity to fulfill that aspiration (because of income inequality and low rate of social mobility).
In Germany, children have less aspiration and yet are more likely to achieve further beyond the socio-economic status they were born into.
This goes against commonsense. Americans like to believe we live in a meritocracy, like to believe that if you dream big enough anything is possible. However, this has a dark side in that idolizing the wealthy leads American society to demonize the poor. To be working class in America and never striving to better yourself means that you aren’t living up to your potential and therefore are in some sense a failure. To be working class in Germany, on the other hand, is considered worthy. The American ruling elite told average Americans that working class jobs were undesirable and so sent most of our manufacturing jobs overseas, but Germany maintained it’s manufacturing jobs and through unionization made sure those jobs had good benefits."