I'm gonna repost a quote by Thomas Sowell.

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.

And, I have another quote that I read somewhere but don't know who made it originally.

Socialists believe that the only reason socialism has never worked is because the right people haven't been in charge and enough money has not been thrown at it.

And don't ask me which socialist said that it hasn't worked because the right people haven't been in charge. It is obvious to the most casual observer. Why else, in spite of blatant failures of socialism such as the USSR and all the Warsaw pact nations, do we still have people who want to try to implement socialism? It just flat doesn't work!

I've been to Russia. It is a country with vast natural resources including lots of oil. It should be one of the richest nations on earth. Seventy years of socialism turned it into a basket case. On our tour, we had Russians begging us "rich" Americans for money. And when we were leaving the country, the security guards were holding up members of our tour for a "departure tax" on souvenirs. When some members of our tour griped about it they were told that "You rich Americans can afford it!"

This was a country that we were at war with for forty years. The Soviet Union went bankrupt trying to keep up with us. Capitalism triumphed over socialism. Yet we still have people, in spite of the very obvious failure of socialism, who think they can make it work. Amazing!

Here is a list of the California members of the House of Representatives who are also members of the Democratic Socialists of America:



Rep Lynn C Woolsey (CA-06)

Rep George Miller (CA-07)

Rep Nancy Pelosi (CA-08)

Rep Fortney "Pete" Stark (CA-13)

Rep Henry A. Waxman (CA-29)

Rep Xavier Becerra (CA-30)

Rep Julian C. Dixon (CA-32)

Rep Esteban Edward Torres (CA-34)

Rep Maxine Waters (CA-35)

Rep George E. Brown (CA-42)

Rep Bob Filner (CA-50)



That's eleven menbers of the California delegation to the House. I think California has 45 House members. That means 1/4 of the California delegation are avowed socialists. 1/4! 25%! Is it any wonder that California is going down the drain?