The June 30th letter "He is naked, we are broke" demonstrates that conservatives have no clue what socialism means when they call Democrats socialists. If we define capitalism as being on the right and socialism on the left then the Democratic party isn't even left-wing. Democrats are part of a capitalist dominated political system and are only socialists compared to the unregulated rampant form of capitalism worshiped by conservatives. Unlike Democrats and Republicans debating how much social programs should have cut, a true socialist would see right through the lie that we are "broke" with a $14 trillion economy. Also, they would realize the catastrophic economic and social effects of wealth being redistributed upward.
Matt Winschel
Florissant
