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Originally Posted by dyna mo
was it the media that latched on to the socialism term? did the whole socialism craze begin with the healthcare initiative?
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It has been the media in the sense that they over hype right wing rhetoric..who cry socialism. No...the initial hype about the current cry of socialism began with the bailouts of private enterprise because with the loans to the various companies the government took a certain amount of control over the companies to help insure the loans were managed properly and to help see that the loans are repaid. Of course the introduction of health care...which as proposed is a semi socialist program (semi because it requires one to buy insurance from private enterprise)...added fuel to the right wing cries of socialism.
Right wingers...historically speaking...have pretty much always opposed the introduction of any new social program.