Socialism Isn't A Four Letter Word

The social security system, currently under fire and dismantlement by the Republichristians, is indeed a socialistic endeavor. Socialism is a cuss word to the current powers and their obedient followers, but it is really nothing more than a manifestation of our sense of community. In the agrarian society of lore, if a neighbor’s barn burned the neighbors rose to the occasion with a barn raising. If the farmer suffered a disabling accident, the neighbors joined together to get his crops in. Socialism. Community. And so it goes with social security. Some of us are exceedingly successful, perhaps because we persevered and won through hard work and intellect. Or perhaps we just chose our parents and grandparents well. In any event, the social security system is there to provide a minimal spread of the spoils to the fella who was not blessed with strong intellect or good parentage. He worked 35 years in a shop at a couple bucks more than minimum wage, raised kids and sent them to college. Social security is the light at the end of the tunnel that allowed him to make the extra effort, knowing that he can spend his twilight years in the only home he ever owned, and that took thirty years to pay for, kicking back in his rocker watching Jeopardy, knowing there is food in the Norge. He has done a good job.