It’s only called ‘socialism’ when Democrats do it

How about the Veterans Administration hospital system? Are we accepting socialism to care for our veterans, or for that matter, to care for our parents and grandparents through the Medicare system?

The hypocrisy of this smear is well exemplified by upstate Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville. On her own website, she has posted speeches and news releases boasting of bringing increased public funding for education through Pell grants, supporting the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and increasing funding for safety-net community health centers in the North Country, among other projects directing government funding to her constituents.

A poll in 2018 revealed that only 17 percent of Americans knew what the actual definition of socialism as those like Karl Marx depicted it: a system in which no one can make a profit from the work of other people, and the community owns the means of production. No Democrats have advocated government ownership of private businesses, or any other version of eliminating private property.