Examples of Socialism in the USA

1. 
   One of the rare examples of ownership of the means of production of a product in the USA is California’s recent announcement that it will produce its own insulin.
2. Up to 75% of water services in the USA are owned and operated by a government entity, employing public servants (Warner, 2009).
3. Public infrastructure—bridges, roads, electricity, water and sewer systems, and other government infrastructure—is considered socialist. It is usually owned and operated by the government and paid for by a mix of taxation and user fees.
4. Fire protection services and fire departments are socialist programs funded by tax revenue and provided free at the point of use.
5. Public transportation systems, including buses, subways, railway stations, etc., are another great example of socialism in America.
6. Like firefighting departments, police departments are fully socialized. No one directly pays the police to come out to their house or to patrol the streets. It comes out of general revenue.
7. Public parks belong to everyone. They are usually free to get into, although increasingly pay per use is being instituted to recuperate costs and minimize land erosion.
8. Public schools, universities, and community colleges are another form of socialism in the US.
9. The US Postal Service, also known as the USPS, the Post Office, US Mail, or simply Postal Service, is a government-run service that’s responsible for accepting and distributing postal services within the country.
10. Medicare and Medicaid may be considered government-run socialist healthcare programs. They help cover the medical costs for individuals with limited income.
11. Signed into law by former President Roosevelt in 1935, the Social Security Act replaces a percentage of a worker’s pre-retirement income based on his/her lifetime earnings. It also ensures access to health care for the unemployed, the disabled, the sick, and the retired among others.
12. The US military is a socialist organization – in fact, it’s one of the biggest government-owned and operated employers in the world.

When the Republicans yell, piss, scream, and complain about the Democrats taking the country into SOCIALISM...  either they are stupid in their awareness of socialism, or they are trying to INTENTIOALLY MISLEAD the general public...

We are already up to our eyeballs in socialistic programs, and it has been this way since I was a little boy in the 1950s.

So, I am not really sure why the Republicans are against the Democrats as they push for more social programs unless it is because the Republican Party is typically against RAISING TAXES.

So, instead of focusing in on taxes, they have focused in on socialism.

However...  true socialism is when the GOVERNMENT OWNS ALL BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRIES...  and, no matter how bad the Democrats want socialism, I doubt they will ever create a situation in this country where the government business and industry...  it just will not happen.

The wild card here is the BILLIONAIRES and the MULTI-MILLIONAIRES...

It is possible that someone can convince these people to share their wealth with everyone else and that would increase the number of social programs without raising taxes.