{"id":20690,"date":"2020-03-02T09:29:12","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T14:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=20690"},"modified":"2020-03-02T09:29:14","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T14:29:14","slug":"op-ed-time-to-reject-socialism-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=20690","title":{"rendered":"Op\/Ed: Time to reject Socialism in America"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Christopher Gerber<\/strong>, Special to The Times<\/em><\/p>\n

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Christopher Gerber<\/p><\/div>\n

As we look forward to the 2020 presidential election, it appears likely that Americans will be faced with a choice of two very different ideologies:\u00a0 one that espouses capitalism, self-motivation and ingenuity versus socialism and its empty and destructive promises of free housing, college and healthcare for everyone.<\/p>\n

The platform of Bernie Sanders is insane and as un-American as it can get.\u00a0 The greatness of America arises from her entrepreneurial spirit and freedoms that allow anyone to enjoy success based upon individual achievement and sacrifice.\u00a0 This nation was not built upon a centralized polity that redistributes private wealth and controls all aspects of our life, which Sanders envisions. <\/p>\n

Quite the opposite.<\/p>\n

The Founders took great care to avoid this by structuring a republic with strong states\u2019 rights and a limited federal government. \u00a0\u00a0Sanders\u2019 disdain for capitalism may have appeal to those who have little or no net worth; however, his ideas would stifle competition and growth and imperil the very fabric that makes this country great.<\/p>\n

Everyone should take a hard look at the gravity of Sanders\u2019 intentions.\u00a0 Read his website.\u00a0 He seeks to empower the state beyond any viable candidate before him.\u00a0 For instance, he wants government to force private employers to require \u201cjust cause\u201d before an employee may be terminated.\u00a0 No state in the union has endorsed this prohibitive rule and overreaching control over private enterprise. \u00a0He also wants to impose a \u201cnational rent control standard\u201d and ensure \u201cfair housing for all.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is all code for a centralized state that would end up controlling all facets of our lives.\u00a0 This twisted un-American ideology must be flatly rejected.\u00a0 I especially implore younger voters who may be tempted by promises of free education and debt forgiveness.\u00a0 I offer this piece of advice:\u00a0 Work hard.\u00a0 Work hard.\u00a0 And work hard.\u00a0 You and your family will enjoy the fruits of your labor, and you will be proud of yourself.\u00a0 God bless America, and thank God you enjoy her freedoms that allow us all to pursue happiness without government telling us how to achieve it.<\/p>\n

Christopher Gerber, Esquire is a practicing civil rights attorney in Chester Springs<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Christopher Gerber, Special to The Times As we look forward to the 2020 presidential election, it appears likely that Americans will be faced with a choice of two very different ideologies:\u00a0 one that espouses capitalism, self-motivation and ingenuity versus socialism and its empty and destructive promises of free housing, college and healthcare for everyone. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8685,110,8248,3162,7185],"class_list":["post-20690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bernie-sanders","tag-chester-county","tag-election-2020","tag-featured","tag-socialism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20691,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20690\/revisions\/20691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}