Saturday, April 6, 2019

Great Moments in American Socialism

De Blasio ferry program turns out to be a gift to the rich

and

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and her campaign manager ran a “subsidy scheme,” according to a new Federal Election Commission complaint that alleges they abused campaign finance laws. The complaint, filed Wednesday, claims Ocasio-Cortez and Saikat Chakrabarti, her campaign manager, used PAC money funneled through an LLC to “subsidize cheap assistance for Ocasio-Cortez and other candidates at rates far below market value.”

I had a brief flirtation with socialism when I was a teenager.  That ended abruptly when 1.) I noticed how their leadership tended to get rich and their followers poor, and 2.) They tried to kill me.  With guns.  Oh, and a machete.  I tend to block out machete guy.

Here's Bernie Sander's third home, a lake compound in Vermont.  Ah, socialism.