Quote Originally Posted by Crumbled_pavement View Post
With so many legitimate criticisms that can be leveled at Obama, this "socialist" criticism bugs me the most. Bottom line, it is impossible to have a society without some socialism, liberty without some liberalism, or a democracy without some Democrats.

Republicans beat their chest and proudly proclaim how we liberated Iraq, but in the very next breath complain how much they hate liberals. Let me get this straight, Iraq was quite conservative before we arrived.

Now if people want to debate the extent we go in a particular direction, that's a worthy debate. But to say we need to eliminate socialism is crazy talk that will usually end up with me ignoring anyone suggesting such a thing.
I agree completely with your sentiments. There are those that cry "socialism" with no basis for fact or reason. This list of programs potentially cut is just the tip of the iceberg, sadly. People in this country need to be aware of the potential for harm to the country and it's citizens by this brand of populist drivel.