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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bacha29" data-source="post: 4182644" data-attributes="member: 58386">Any government program that can better secure his well being is just fine in his opinion but those that are not are wasteful spending. A mindset that is entirely in keeping with the selective conservatism we see today. Today we see the constant hand ringing and fear mongering regarding "socialism". Ok, but have you ever noticed that programs that are at least in part  based on socialist ideals, you know Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid when you're in a nursing home and your money is all gone, etc, etc, are being completely left out of the conversation?  How come? The answer is simple The people who are out there preaching the evils of socialism know damn well that their well being later in life will be heavily dependent upon those programs and therefore completely avoid bringing them into the public conversation.</blockquote>