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Painfully enduring the costs incurred from the nation’s swing toward socialism, spurred some thoughts about its flaws. And unfortunately for the public, the most damaging, egregious imperfection can’t be fixed. Because the major defect is the root of the system itself.

Capitalism is described as: “An economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit. Central characteristics of capitalism include capital accumulation, competitive markets, price system, private property, property rights recognition, voluntary exchange, and wage labor. 

Socialism: “Socialism is a political, social, and economic philosophy encompassing a range of economic and social systems characterized by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership. It includes the political theories and movements associated with such systems. Primarily all citizens share equally in economic resources as allocated by a democratically-elected government.”

Simply put, under capitalism the people control their own destinies while socialism gives government complete power. Socialism proponents claim that since the government is elected by the people, they still retain their abilities regarding self-determination. However, that is not the case, whereas in practicality socialist regimes ordinarily bring performance to the lowest common denominator, while self-motivated bureaucrats rise to the top. And the primary reason is motivation.

In a socialistic system, quality of performance means nothing whereas personal equality is the objective. Thus, whether performance is best or worst, rewards are equal. In that circumstance, it doesn’t take very long for workers of any kind to realize that tiring effort is unnecessary, since nothing will be gained from the trouble. Which is something that can be seen even under capitalism regarding public-service performance within the system. Having to deal with obtaining any kind of government permit, license, certificate or virtually any type of assistance is ordinarily an ordeal.

Way back thirty years ago or so, in an early episode of “Law & Order,” Detectives Briscoe and Logan search for a suspected killer. The trail leads to a city office where they ask a supervisor if their target was a good worker. The answer received was “Hey, this is the government. What would you expect. If the job is good, bad, or indifferent, the pays the same.”

Thus, simple logic leads to the fact that if the pay is the same, workers will naturally seek the easiest way out, which is what the quality of government workers reflects. Further damage visible in such results as reduction to a 30 hour work-week from Obamacare, a governmental approach to medical care for all. In theory, an equilateral approach to healthcare, in reality unmanageable and unaffordable.

And now today, performance is again obvious as inflation soars towards 10%, people pay $6.00 a gallon for gasoline in California and $3.67 for a loaf of bread in New York simply to support a political theory. But, what else should really be expected when the system produces “leaders” like Joe Biden and the Bronx bartender now so very  influential in Congress?

That’s it for today folks.

Adios

PS: In a recent interview, the Bronx Bartender in Congress said: “Americans are getting stronger. Last year, it took two people to carry ten dollars' worth of groceries. Today, a five-year-old can do it.”