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The Socialist view of life. From cradle to cradle to cradle - followed by a quick cremation. All for free.
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The Socialist manifesto: We are smarter than you. We know more than you. We understand more than you.  We know what you need. We insist on helping you.
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The Socialist menu.  Go to any Asian restaurant.  Almost certainly you will see the dish, “Happy Family,” a hodge-podge of various items to delight the customer.  A stir-fry dish with colorful vegetables (broccoli, baby corn, bamboo shoots, mushroom, carrots, etc.), meats (beef, pork and chicken), and seafood (fish, shrimp, and crab), it is cooked in a brown sauce. 
As a catch-all, the European Union (EU) plan typifies this dish trying to serve all Europe the Happy Family. All are served the same and all are asked eat the same.
But… Many simply want another dish.  Some want fish, some just beef, others only pork or chicken, and so on.  With this reckoning, the Happy Family is a compromise relatively few actually order. So why do politicians insist on serving it?
Other political parties elsewhere offer the same thing, one dish for all. Call it happiness, safe spaces, pablum, or even gruel.   Time has shown it has little appeal for long.  But the politicians hype their new recipe, always called “This Time It Will Work,”   Time will show whether the people will happily swallow it.
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Socialist taxes.  Taxes are not for the government but to help you and your neighbors.

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Socialist education. Every student deserves the education they want and need - without cost. Enhanced learning means a crafted program leading to safe employment with little risk. 

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