Moving toward socialism

Aletter to the editor on 28 March opined that “With nearly 100 percent of production privately owned…the US exhibits no socialist characteristics”, to which I take issue.

Socialist characteristics abound in institutions and services in America.

In Housing, Congress passed the Housing Act of 1937 to establish the nation’s public housing system. Section 8 of this Act authorizes the government to provide rental support to low-income households.

Section 8 has dis-abled American families in creating incentives for father abandonment in lieu of government support.

Through the Supplementary Nutritional Assistance Program, the US federal government assists low and no-income households in food purchases.

In 2018, about 40 million Americans benefited from SNAP, with over $57.1 billion spent.

The Child and Adult Care Food Program is another program also administered by the US Department of Agriculture.

The federal government provides financial aid to states for daily food subsidies for children and older people in daycare settings through this program. More than 3 million children and 100,000 older people have benefited from the program.

Mentally and physically challenged adults have also gained from this program.

The government provides health insurance through Obama Care, Medicare, Medicaid and VA services.

The government funds public schools. The majority of primary and secondary school students attend public schools, including those from high-income households.

Federal Government Corporations: An Overview by Kevin R. Kosar, Analyst in American National Government, June 8, 2011 says the following:

“A federal government corporation is an agency of the federal government, established by Congress to perform a public purpose, which provides a market-oriented product or service and is intended to produce revenue that meets or approximates its expenditures.

By this definition, there are 17 entities that are government corporations.” “Production” of these entities is approximately $132 billion annually.

Democrats relentlessly move toward socialism.

Sam Kilanowski Palmdale