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FightFight

(226 posts)
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 10:22 AM Sep 2024

SOCIALISM---- States that voted for Trump depend the most on 'big government'-

States that voted for Trump depend the most on ‘big government’ https://www.marketwatch.com/story/states-that-voted-for-trump-depend-the-most-on-big-government-2019-06-19


SOCIALIST THINGS IN AMERICA

1. The Military/Defense - The United States military is the largest and most funded socialist program in the world.

2. Highways/Roads - Those roads and highways you drive on every single day are completely taxpayer funded.

3. Public Libraries

4. Police

5. Fire Dept. -

6. Postal Service

7. Student Loans and Grants

8. Bridges

9. Garbage Collection

10. Public Landfills

11. War

12. Farm Subsidies--**LIKE TRUMP'S 40 -60 BILLION DOLLAR GIFT HE PAID TO FARMERS TO NOT TO SELL THEIR PRODUCTS TO CHINA BUT LET IT ROT IN THE FIELDS--so he could cause a stupid trade war that was the beginning of inflation

13. CIA

14. FBI

15. Congressional Health Care -

16. Polio Vaccine

17. EPA

18. Social Security

19. Museums

20. Public Schools

21. Jail/Prison System

22. Corporate/Business Subsidies

23. Veteran's (VA) Health Care

24. Public Parks

26. Food Stamps -

27. Sewer System

28. Medicare -

29. Court System.

30. Bird Flu Vaccine

31. G.I. Bill -

32. Hoover Dam -

33. State/City Zoos -

34. IRS

35. Free Lunch Program - Some children are living in poverty by no fault of their own.
36. The Pentagon -

37. Medicaid -

38. FDA -

39.

40. Swine Flu Vaccine

41. Disability Insurance (SSDI)

42. Town/State Run Beaches

43. Corporate Bailouts/Welfare -

44. State Construction

45. Unemployment Insurance

46. City/Metro Buses

47. WIC

49. PBS (Public Broadcasting Service)

50. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) -

51. Welfare

52. Public Street Lighting .

53. FEMA - If Disaster strikes, FEMA is there to help pick up the pieces.

54. Public Defenders - Ever been in trouble and couldn't afford a lawyer? Well the taxpayers and the government make sure you still get representation.

55. S-CHIP (State Children's Health Insurance Program) - S-CHIP is a program that matches funds to states for health insurance for children in families that cannot afford insurance

56. Amtrak - Amtrak transports tens of millions of passengers a year in 46 states and three Canadian Providences.

57. NPR

58. The Department of Homeland Security - Created after the terrorist attacks on 9/11, this heavily federally funded department of the U.S. government helps protect us from future terrorist attacks. This is the third largest department within the United States government.

59. OSHA - Do you have a safe and healthy workplace that provides training, outreach, education, and assistance? Thank OSHA! Brought to you by the taxpayers of America and socialism.

60. State and National Monuments

61. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

62. Government Scholarships -

63. Department of Health and Human Service

65. Department of Energy - This taxpayer funded cabinet of the federal government oversees nuclear weapons, nuclear reactors, energy conservation, radioactive waste disposal, and energy production. To those of you who care about our environment and would rather not witness a nuclear holocaust might consider this money well spent.

66. Customs and Border Protection

68. Secret Service

69. Peace Corps -

70. Department of Justice

71. National Weather Service - Like knowing when a storm, tornado, earthquake, or snow is coming? Socialism makes this possible and available to everyone.

72. The White House - Our taxpayer dollars through a socialist means pays for the house that the president and his family live in during a presidents time in office.

73. Government

74. Law - Laws and rules make our democracy possible. Remove these laws and you have sheer anarchy. Laws do not appear out of thin air. To have law, you need a government. You need elected lawmakers to make the laws and a government to implement and enforce them. Socialism is responsible for every law in this country. Without our government and lawmakers which exist thanks to socialism, there would be no laws. So the laws themselves, are enforced and implemented thanks to socialism.


75. Civilization

76. **Health Care for 9/11 Rescue Workers**

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SOCIALISM---- States that voted for Trump depend the most on 'big government'- (Original Post) FightFight Sep 2024 OP
This is a great list FakeNoose Sep 2024 #1
Wow now that's list thanks Fullduplexxx Sep 2024 #2
"Big government" and socialism aren't the same thing. TwilightZone Sep 2024 #3
This was written to primarly address the fox news viewer FightFight Sep 2024 #4

FakeNoose

(36,186 posts)
1. This is a great list
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 10:31 AM
Sep 2024

However not all these things are financed by federal taxes. Some like garbage collection, public libraries, street lighting, etc. are financed by state and local taxes. Chump would have no way to cancel those services, even if he tried.

Luckily for all of us, Chump will never get back in the White House, and Project 2025 will never be implemented.

TwilightZone

(28,834 posts)
3. "Big government" and socialism aren't the same thing.
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 11:45 AM
Sep 2024

There are many items on that list that have nothing to do with socialism. The list shows a fundamental misunderstanding about what socialism even is, though that's very common here and everywhere.

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