The U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 2 passed a resolution denouncing socialism and the implementation of socialist policies.
Rep. Jared Golden voted yes. He thereby signals he’s fine with profit-driven healthcare, would tolerate profiteering from Social Security, and is none too protective of public education.
Presumably he’s for capitalism all the way. If so, he is a magical thinker: capitalism is no way to fix the climate crisis caused by capitalism, no way to end wars for restoring U.S. control over the world’s economy, no way to end the threat of nuclear war.
We need cooperation among nations and no more plundering. The time is now for a U.S. government that no longer operates on the idea that certain kinds of people are disposable.
William T. Whitney Jr., South Paris
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