Conservative group’s CEO breaks down the catastrophic costs of socialist policies
By Adam Brandon
Fox News
May 16, 2019
It’s no surprise that millennials and Gen Zers Opens a New Window. hold favorable opinions of socialism Opens a New Window. . Normally this wouldn’t be a concern, as young people’s political Opens a New Window. views typically evolve as they age.
With the rise of popular liberal politicians like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Opens a New Window. , however, as well as projections that Gen Zers and millennials will make up 37 percent of the electorate in 2020, it’s time Republicans take notice and raise the alarm on the catastrophic costs socialist policies would inflict on our country.
At every turn, Democrats want to restrict consumer choice and businesses’ ability to turn a profit. Instead, they hope to replace free markets with state-mandated controls, decided by their hand-picked crew of bureaucrats in Washington.
Frighteningly enough, we now have elected officials from one of the two major American parties calling openly for state control of resources. They’re either ignorant of or are turning a blind eye towards the failures of socialism in the history of the 20th century, as well as the disasters brought on by socialism in the present day. One need look no further than Venezuela to see a real-time example of socialism-induced catastrophe.
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