Editor, The Macomb Daily:

 

In his March 4 column, "Conspiracy theory: A plan for socialist Macomb?" Chad Selweski is correct in pointing out that the Democrats do seem to "have cozied up to" the wing group Democratic Socialists of America, and that it does resemble a conspiracy. He calls it "socialism lite" because they are not advocating government ownership of industry. True enough, but then he describes their agenda as "fairly tame: boosting the minimum wage, enacting local living wage ordinances, supporting national healthcare, and strengthening pro-worker labor and trade laws."

 

Government dictation of minimum wage laws in addition to increasing unemployment is a direct attack in the freedom of the businessman to make his own decisions.

 

Living wage laws do the same and both force businesses to raise prices, and that is not free enterprise nor fair to the businessman, his customers or, in some cases, taxpayers.

 

Supporting national healthcare denies freedom of choice to medical practitioners, insurance companies and consumers, including patients.

 

Pro-worker labor and trade law dictation is just exactly what Mussolini imposed on Italy, and it was termed "fascism," a system of private ownership of industry managed by government edict.

 

So, for once, I'll agree with Chad. It's not really socialism, but it is fascism of the Mussolini-Roosevelt-Nixon style. Remember how each tried to run the economy without actually owning it? So maybe the group should change its name to Democratic Fascists of America.

 

Keith Edwards