So, how do you know if you’re a socialist?
Posted on October 22nd, 2008 by Chris Heath
Is he or isn’t he? Hear from local communists, rarely tapped as campaign pundits, and their stance on claims that Sen. Barack Obama is veering towards socialism.
So, how do you know if you’re a socailist?
Generally, it involves espousing government control over a country’s basic industries, like transportation, communication and energy, while also allowing some government regulation of private industries.
“Obama is about as far from being a socialist as Joe The Plumber is from being a rocket scientist,” said Darrell West, director of governance studies at the Brookings Institution. “I think it’s hard for McCain to call Obama a socialist when George Bush is nationalizing banks.”
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