GOP senator introduces resolution to formally condemn socialism

[Judi Lynn]

Source: The Hill

BY ZACK BUDRYK - 07/29/19 08:29 PM EDT

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© Aaron Schwartz


Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) on Monday introduced a resolution condemning socialism, taking to the Senate floor to blast Democratic policies he said would lead to “complete government control."

“A radical, socialist, far-left movement is growing across this country. And it has taken root as the new voice of the Democratic Party ... Today we make a choice. Freedom or Socialism. I choose freedom,” Daines said Monday.

In prepared remarks, the Montana senator condemned policies supported by the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, such as the Green New Deal and Medicare for All. The resolution claims without evidence that the proposals would “eliminate the private property rights of all people of the United States.”

The resolution further calls capitalism “the greatest engine for human advancement in the history of the world, bringing more people out of poverty and into prosperity than any economic model in the history of mankind.”


Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/455247-gop-senator-introduces-resolution-to-formally-condemn-socialism

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Sen. Steve Daines

Looking for immigrants?

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. Knock yourself out.

[hedda_foil]

16. Odds are better than good that this passes.

[Roy Rolling]

36. And the result?

Forgotten faster than the zillion Republican tries to end Obamacare.

The rant against socialism has been a media darling of Republicans since the 1800s.

They need a new act, but still they must kiss the ring of being a card-carrying capitalist.

[pangaia]

37. Do not laugh at this. Everything is different now. trump and repubs have made

all the evil acceptable... all of it...

[hedda_foil]

57. You said it!

It's a slick new trick with an old, old trope. Watch for it in ads online and in the tube.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

68. Are resolutions not subject to filibuster?

Although, whatever happens, it's pretty meaningless. I'm a little more worried about the implications of Cruz's resolution(?) to declare Antifa a terrorist org.

[EveHammond13]

2. public masturbation

[SHRED]

3. How embarrassing

To have your ignorance on this level of display.

It's bad enough here. Take it from me...LOL

[Tiggeroshii]

4. Let's issue a resolution formally condemning treason and fascism, and see how many gop and gooeys

freak out.

[TeamPooka]

18. this. Don't forget white supremacy too

[KPN]

49. THIS

[not_the_one]

65. white supremacy is a little too obvious

white nationalism...

sounds a little more along the lines of "socialism".

they are being driven by soundbytes, not logic.

all those isms....

[TeamPooka]

66. actually you are right. Ism on Ism action is better

[larwdem]

22. agree

we need to start fighting fire with fire!!!

[KPN]

50. THIS

[pazzyanne]

23. And while we are at it,

let's condemn the Tea Party and its offshoot, The "Freedom" Caucus!

[KPN]

51. And THIS

[onetexan]

41. +1 K&R - cant be done fast enough

[PSPS]

5. LOL. They used "claims without evidence" instead of the customary "lied"

[wryter2000]

52. Sadly, "claims" is what they use

As in "false claims." When are they going to bow to reality and say "lies"?

[Thomas Hurt]

6. another christofascist knob trying to gaslight people.

[SCVDem]

7. One question Senator

Define Socialism in all of its forms and cite why each is a thing worthy of legislation.

You don't get to broad brush this!

Even Socialists have Constitutional rights, or didn't they school you on that.

[YOHABLO]

8. I wish I could say I've never heard nor seen such ignorance. However, it's become the norm.

Of course their photo op is in camo. I'm sure they're not just bird watching. Their favorite movie: ''Red Dawn" shown weekly in their underground bunker.

[Dawson Leery]

9. Let's end socialism. Time to eliminate all AG subsidies.

I mean that. Let the market decide and if farmers fail, they will be bought out. That's the market.

[jvill]

15. +1

Ya beat me to it...

[cstanleytech]

29. Not to mention the tax break subsidies as well as the insurance subsidies for the wealthy

that own multi-million dollar homes in high risk areas that the tax payers are on the hook for.

[Dawson Leery]

63. Agreed. The mortgage interest deduction needs to be further restricted.

[bullwinkle428]

44. I want him to try and take away Social Security from his elderly voters.

[TheRealNorth]

56. Let's do it

Just wait until farmers produce just enough food to try to hit the best price point on the demand curve. It will be good times.

[DURHAM D]

10. Hey moron. You graduated from a land grant university.

That is socialism.

Also, pretty sure that land you are standing on was free because of the Homestead Act. That is socialism.

Or, maybe that land is some sort of wildlife refugee. Also, socialism.

Moron is also on the Agriculture Committee. He voted for the Farm Bill. That is socialism.

[keithbvadu2]

11. Start here, Steve.

[Prof. P.E. Name]

12. The level of GOP ignorance never ceases to amaze me

OK, OK, I know many GOP-ers will say stupid things because it will garner one more vote of the base, but how really ignorant does one have to be to fall for a statement like Sen. Daines proposed in his Resolution?
If Daines studied Comparative Economic Systems in college, or elsewhere, and had a personal opinion about that, I might give him a pass. But to speak out of school about Socialism or any subject matter of which he knows nothing, seems woefully stupid.
Since Daines has a college degree in Chemistry, perhaps he would get the point if I offered an opinion about the molecular structure of spittle, about which I know nothing.
(BTW, no Democratic candidate that I am aware of, on any level, proposes the complete public ownership of all the means of production, or Socialism.)

[pangaia]

38. you do of course understand that facts and intelligence no longer matter.

The genie has been let out of the bottle.. now anything goes.

better believe it.

this is no laughing matter

[EarnestPutz]

13. Did you notice the hat that he's wearing? It's from "Berger's Taxidermy" in Bozeman with....

....their motto "Life is Good". Kind of ironic, don't you think? Dead animals, stuffed and mounted to look "lifelike" means that life is good for those that enjoy killing living things and displaying them on the wall. The photo of him and "Hunter Barbie" his wife illustrate that his head is as empty as the beautiful Montana landscape behind him, but without the beauty.

[theophilus]

14. Sure. O.K. Then let's condemn fascism and the Republican party's policies that will

lead to total control by corporations and a handful of rich Aholians. The Dems need to be just a "crazy" as the Republicans in opposing the rule by the rich, for the rich, and of the rich, rich, rich, rich, etc.

[ancianita]

17. A radical, fascist, far-right movement is growing across this country. And it has taken root as the

voice of the Republican Party ... Today we make a choice. Freedom or Fascism. I choose freedom,” says _______________.

Yep, let's pass a resolution to condemn far-right fascism.

Let's take to the floor to blast Republican policies that would lead to “complete fascist dictatorship."

What a trifling, shit-for-brains rep.

I can't believe he represents Montana.

[pangaia]

39. that is exactly what we should do....

although i think it is already too late...

[madaboutharry]

19. That photo looks so contrived.

They’re all dressed up in camo and hunting gear to impress voters. This is probably a campaign material photo. I hate this kind of bullshit.

[onecaliberal]

20. So he's condemning the trump tax scam.

[flotsam]

21. Lates number I could find was from 2014

That year 39.1% of Montana's revenues came from the federal government. That's blatant socialism and he should refuse the money on his state's behalf...the neediest state, Mississippi, got 41%. But neighboring North Dakota got by on just 16.8%! Time to abolish socialism in Montana.

[JI7]

24. freedom fries

[JI7]

25. where does Love Letters to Kim Jong Un fall into all this ?

[aeromanKC]

26. Not so sure the farmers and ranchers in Montana will too keen on that idea.

Just sayin.....

[ProudMNDemocrat]

27. I guess Steve Daines has no idea what Democratic Socialism actually is or does....

No Social Security
No Medicare
No Public Schools
No Interstate Highway Systems
No National Parks or Monuments
No FAA, USDA, EPA, FDA, NTSB, NWS, NOAA,
No funded Military
No salaries for Government workers, Reps, Senators, President, etc.
No FBI, CIA, NSA, DNI,
No Fire and Police


and everything else we pay for with Taxes. Democratic Socialism is not FREE Stuff. It is saying that we all can have the nice things, help when we need it, all chip in to make it possible for the benefit of society.

[kacekwl]

55. Not to mention all the

Republican socialism they practice.

[sprinkleeninow]

28. This is being perpetuated on tv and in numerous 'church communities'. n/t

[trev]

54. Which is interesting, given that ...

the original church in Jerusalem, under the leadership of Jesus' brother James, lived a communal lifestyle. All members were required to give their possessions to the apostles, who then distributed them to people in need. They even ate together as a group.

Acts 2:44-46

[sprinkleeninow]

60. 'People' I know blather on about Democrats bringing about

'socialism' and Hillary would start WWIII and that.... On and on and on.

These are indoctrinated in their houses of worship often. They aren't being taught biblical truths just corrupted ideas.

I said before, it's a spiritual fight for the soul of our nation.

You cannot reason with these 'people'. I have such a neighbor. I don't engage anything political with her anymore.

[trev]

61. Moscow Mitch is now talking McCarthyism

because he's finding himself on the receiving end of that Republican scum's campaign. You can't be both a McCarthyite and a Socialist. He needs to make up his mind about what he thinks the Democrats are.

Any port in a storm, eh?

[somaticexperiencing]

30. Asocial, anti-social, poorly socialized - perhaps this is why "they" denigrate "socialism"

while all the while acknowledging Social Security and Medicare as the most popular programs in the country.

[Vinca]

31. Remind his constituents of "Social Security."

[Bernardo de La Paz]

32. It's a fucking distraction. Nothing less, nothing more. Socialism & capitalism are not opposed.

Robber baron (unregulated) capitalism and communism are opposed.

[watoos]

33. Hey, I agree,

start by taking back the billions of taxpayer dollars that Trump gave to soy bean farmers, then we can go from there.

[mwooldri]

34. He wouldn't know socialism even if it bit in in the ass...

America is overdue some social democracy. Which the Green New Deal and Medicare For All is. Not socialism.

[Tom Rinaldo]

35. I assume he's prepared to define "Socialism" then, and how it differs from the University of Montana

to name but one local institution presumably dear to his heart. Does this mean he condemns the socialist "Grizzlies" when they take the field with public support?

[onetexan]

40. LOL another narrowminded goober with goober values

[Efilroft Sul]

42. A Democrat needs to introduce a resolution to formally condemn right-wing fascism.

[Yeehah]

43. So, is Daines opposing the farmer bailouts?

Didn't think so.

[Perseus]

45. "Stupid is as stupid does" -- Forrest Gump's mother

My goodness, how stupid are these people? How infantile? It is very embarrassing to know that these people were actually elected to office, the ignorance of our republican citizens doesn't seem to have limits.

[paleotn]

46. Fuck you, nazi.

That is all.

[The Liberal Lion]

47. These nazis are carrying out an all out assualt on us

What are we going to do?
Bend the knee or fight?

[Cryptoad]

48. All Goverments by definition,,,,

are Socialism.

[muntrv]

53. Socialism? Like the Congressional health insurance?

Or salary?

[Brainfodder]

58. Cap has us where we are today.

I don't need anything more.

Socialism is not a disease, it's fine.

This country doesn't have enough well paying jobs with benefits anymore to go around, that is probably the real issue we face now, besides weather, infrastructure, and oh this new weird level of malarkey in our govt.

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From dictionary.com:

socialism:

a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/socialism

[GemDigger]

59. Reminder! Steve is one of the 6 that went to Russia.

[duhneece]

62. I get cheap thrills finding these republican assholes pages...

...and posting 'our' message. I was especially glad to see so many of his constituents opposed to this.

[olddad65]

64. Just another day in Amerussia.

Putin has to be so proud of his bitch. Don the con is doing his job masterfully. His job is to keep the focus on himself so nobody realizes that Russia is at war with us, and winning.

[cntrfthrs]

67. fuk you

..and your silly bich…..

[diva77]

69. Just another rethug distraction - business as usual

He probably had staff write it, didn't bother to proof it (too dumb to edit, anyway) as his autodeposit kicked in for his paycheck. Gotta look like you're doing something for the people.