Comments on: What is heritage? http://peggymurrahonline.com/texaslos/2008/06/07/what-is-heritage/ Working toward the Cultural, Social, Economic, and Political Well Being and Independence of the Southern People by all Honourable Means Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:36:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Max Raleigh http://peggymurrahonline.com/texaslos/2008/06/07/what-is-heritage/#comment-731 Max Raleigh Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:55:31 +0000 http://peggymurrahonline.com/texaslos/2008/06/07/what-is-heritage/#comment-731 I'm no socialist but I think the American image of socialism is a tad skewed. In England socialism is simply about the state helping out the poor. It is not communism or Marxism. I find it hard to see how aspects like the NHS (free health care) and the welfare system (money given to unemployed, disabled etc.) are wicked. I've never quite understood, if in America you require health care but can not afford it what recourse to you have apart from staying home and dieing? Surely if the role of the state is to protect its residents, that means everyone not just those with money? What you could possibly call wicked is the fact that we are taxed "against our will" for these measures. However although the present taxes are unjustly high and ought to be reduced the principle is still good (Just the present party has messed up the implementation). This is because it is in everyone’s interests to eradicate poverty - this will lead to a decrease in crime and an increase in the economy. I’m no socialist but I think the American image of socialism is a tad skewed. In England socialism is simply about the state helping out the poor. It is not communism or Marxism. I find it hard to see how aspects like the NHS (free health care) and the welfare system (money given to unemployed, disabled etc.) are wicked.
I’ve never quite understood, if in America you require health care but can not afford it what recourse to you have apart from staying home and dieing? Surely if the role of the state is to protect its residents, that means everyone not just those with money?

What you could possibly call wicked is the fact that we are taxed “against our will” for these measures. However although the present taxes are unjustly high and ought to be reduced the principle is still good (Just the present party has messed up the implementation).
This is because it is in everyone’s interests to eradicate poverty - this will lead to a decrease in crime and an increase in the economy.

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