Socialism

I believe every great movement, great person, great idea,  or great system has hangers on, emulators and people who want to take advantage of the efforts of others.  Certain efforts create great results.  The free market system, capitalism, and the practice of private ownership has produced great results.  Yes, it is true that greed and mistreatment of the worker has existed.  Yes, it is true that the disregard for the health and safety of people has caused government to get involved in areas of the economy that they should have never been involved in.  Government should be a proponent of the free enterprise system and not the enemy of it.  Free enterprise has contributed to the greatness of the United States of America in a very large way.  Government at all levels should be business friendly.  If socialism exists in this great nation to the extent that small and large businesses cannot flourish, this will mark the beginning of the era of the The Third World status of the United States.  The quote below reflects my point of view.

"Socialism is not in the least what it pretends to be. It is not the pioneer of a better and finer world, but the spoiler of what thousands of years of civilization have created. It does not build, it destroys. For destruction is the essence of it. It produces nothing, it only consumes what the social order based on private ownership in the means of production has created."

Ludwig von Mises    (1881-1973) Economist and social philosopher