It seems Mr. Wisenbaker, for some reason I cannot fathom, has a problem with taxation as a means of providing public services, and would like to call it "socialism" like it was a bad thing. Given Mr. Wisenbaker's definition of socialism, do you and Mr. Wisenbaker not appreciate travelling the socialist roads of Lowndes County? Are you not thankful for our socialist traffic lights and socialist engineering departments? I would wager you like our socialist fire deparments, and socialist police and socialist sheriff's departments and our socialist jails and prisons. Local water departments ensure our water is safe. Whoa, that's a socialist entity. Republicans have called Social Security "socialist" since its inception. Do you want to do away with it? Medicare, that "socialist" medical program for senior citizens, is the most popular of all government programs, and even their saint Ronald voiced a commercial that said it was akin to slavery or oppression. As a recipient of Medicare, I am both thankful for it, and find it the best way of providing health care having come through all the other ways. Are you and he against TriCare, that covers most of the military personnel? The vast majority of people like their socialist school systems. In Mr. Wisenbaker's definintion, even our City Councils and County Commission would be socialist entities. Which brings us to largest socialist entity in America, one of the largest in the world, the U.S. Military. There are so many more examples of socialist policies embedded in the American way that is considered our way of life today.
So I ask you and Mr. Wisenbaker, if you hate socialism, do you want to do away with all these socialist programs? The Constitution of the United States states clearly that "to promote the general welfare" is a task of the U.S. government. "To Promote the general welfare," not just that of the top one percent, the oligarchs, the neo-aristocracy. That's where I get my constitutional authority for this.
