Who Is Really A Socialist? Here are some varieties of “socialism:” command socialism, market socialism, socialist market economy, social democracy, democratic socialism, right wing socialism, utopian socialism, corporate socialism, just…

…aimed in particular at the earned benefit and safety net programs of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. B. A Grand Bargain or a Devil’s Bargain–How the Heck Did Social Security…

…the right-wing think tanks’ output. It is nothing less than dismantling the protections established under FDR–Social Security, Medicare, minimum wage and other safety net protections that are nonetheless thinner than…

…strong social safety net with government serving as an “employer of first resort.” They have also advocated educational reforms to enhance all this as well as the use of pension…

…socialists” like to argue that “democratic socialism” is not the same thing as “social democracy,” even though many self-identified democratic socialists, including Bernie, point to social democratic nations like Denmark…

…is dominated by Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, with relatively small additional amounts for other safety-net programs like food stamps and health insurance subsidies. Are these programs efficient? In the…

…and the social safety net programs, such as food stamps and Medicaid, that many of them rely upon for, literally, survival. Nor was it because they salivate at the thought…

…that it thinks deficits are bad things while at the same time it proposes no spending cuts (except to important safety net programs) and does propose further tax cuts. Just…