Once again the loudest of the hate mongers has it all wrong. After the meetings to address climate change in Paris, Rush Limbaugh once again called climate change caused by man a ‘hoax.’ He also claims that the meetings were nothing less than an attack on capitalism.

Let me educate this pompous ass; capitalism has failed the American people. This system works terrifically for corporations and the very rich. But for real Americans, those who must work every day to support their families, it has led to greed and eventually what we have now; a growing income inequality. This disappointing result has been experienced by families who are joining the increasing numbers of others who exist at the poverty level.

I live by several self-imposed standards. First of all I tell the truth. You will never read an article written by me which is a lie or a half-truth. Secondly, I never believe what I hear from any source without verification that the statements were accurate. Third; I feel obligated to expose those who exist by fabricated stories and claims which are entirely false. Lastly, I will never cease in my attempts to open the eyes of those who listen to FOX Noise, Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham, and other like them. I want them to know that they are under the control of charlatans who are using emotional warfare; they are not telling them the truth.

The American people have been brainwashed about socialism. Capitalists, and that includes Congress, have linked communism and socialism together; they are not the same. A good government, a great country, cannot exist without some form of socialism. Medicaid, which has a very high approval rating from the American people is an example of socialism.

Socialism: “The set of ​beliefs that ​states that all ​people are ​equal and should ​share ​equally in a country’s ​money, or the ​political ​systems ​based on these ​beliefs.”

Bernie Sanders talks about ‘Democratic Socialism.’ “A set of ​political beliefs and ​principles ​supporting ​equal ​opportunities for everyone, under a fairly ​elected ​parliament.” If this doesn’t seem fair to you, you must be a very wealthy individual.

The working class simply asks for an opportunity to improve the lifestyle of their families. When tens of thousands of our best paying jobs were allowed to be outsourced to other nations, corporations took the opportunity to lower wages and benefits. Today we have men and women with Masters Degrees working at fast food joints. Some individuals work two minimum wage jobs to support their families, and still remain in danger of dropping into the poverty level.

Once again Rush is so far to the right that he’s wrong. Only right wing Americans deny climate change is caused by man; virtually all of the people around the world accept the science and the facts.

“Capitalism does not permit an even flow of economic resources. With this system, a small privileged few are rich beyond conscience, and almost all others are doomed to be poor at some level. That’s the way the system works. And since we know that the system will not change the rules, we are going to have to change the system.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

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By James Turnage

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